Fight completed
Joaquin Buckley vs Mike Malott
Mike Malott def. Joaquin Buckley · KO/TKO · Round 2, 2:32
Tale of the tape
How they win
Buckley
21 wins on file
- KO/TKO
- 15
- Submission
- 0
- Decision
- 6
Malott
14 wins on file
- KO/TKO
- 6
- Submission
- 6
- Decision
- 2
Career averages
How these figures are measured
- Sig. strikes landed per minute
- Significant strikes landed, divided by minutes fought. Career figure.
- Strike accuracy, all strikes
- Every strike landed as a share of every strike thrown, significant or not, over the career. ESPN's own figure. It is not significant-strike accuracy, which runs lower.
- Takedowns per 15 minutes
- Takedowns landed for every 15 minutes fought, the length of a three-round bout. Career figure.
- Takedown accuracy
- Takedowns landed as a share of those attempted. Career figure.
- Submission attempts per 15 minutes
- Submission attempts for every 15 minutes fought. Career figure.
- Finish rate
- Share of the wins on file that ended by knockout, technical knockout or submission.
- Days since last fight
- From the last bout on file to the date of this one.
Records, measurements and career averages are reported by ESPN. The UFC record, last fight, finish rate and win methods are counted by Statwell from the bouts on file for each fighter, which can be fewer than the full professional record.
Matchup snapshot
Buckley
17 measured UFC bouts, 199.9 minutes
Malott
8 measured UFC bouts, 76.4 minutes
- 3.62723 landed of 1988 thrown (36%)
- Significant strikes landedper minute
- 3.94301 landed of 576 thrown (52%)
- 3.10opponents landed 619 of 1505
- Significant strikes absorbedper minute
- 2.83opponents landed 216 of 504
- 45%19 of 42 attempts
- Takedowns completedof those attempted
- 57%8 of 14 attempts
- 70%conceded 17 of 57 faced
- Takedowns defendedof those faced
- 73%conceded 3 of 11 faced
- 9scored, 4 suffered
- Knockdownsscored and suffered
- 5scored, 0 suffered
About these statistics
Counted by Statwell from ESPN’s per-bout figures over each fighter’s measured UFC bouts. Small samples move quickly: read each figure with the number of bouts behind it. Nothing here is adjusted for the level of past opponents.
Recent form
Joaquin Buckley
3-2 in last 5- L
vs Sean Brady
Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00
· UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland
Sig. strikes 5 of 31
- L
vs Kamaru Usman
Decision - Unanimous · R5 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley
Sig. strikes 44 of 148
- W
vs Colby Covington
TKO - Doctor's Stoppage · R3 · 4:42
· UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley
Sig. strikes 75 of 151 · Takedowns 0 of 1
- W
vs Stephen Thompson
KO/TKO · R3 · 2:17
· UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.
Sig. strikes 34 of 93 · Takedowns 4 of 7 · 1 knockdown
- W
vs Nursulton Ruziboev
Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento
Sig. strikes 86 of 156 · Takedowns 4 of 4 · 1 knockdown
Mike Malott
4-1 in last 5- W
vs Gilbert Burns
KO/TKO · R3 · 2:08
· UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Malott
Sig. strikes 56 of 121 · 2 knockdowns
- W
vs Kevin Holland
Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: de Ridder vs. Allen
Sig. strikes 49 of 95 · Takedowns 1 of 4
- W
vs Charles Radtke
KO/TKO · R2 · 0:26
· UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena
Sig. strikes 36 of 61 · 1 knockdown
- W
vs Trevin Giles
Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Albazi
Sig. strikes 59 of 130 · Takedowns 0 of 1
- L
vs Neil Magny
KO/TKO · R3 · 4:45
· UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis
Sig. strikes 45 of 67 · Takedowns 4 of 6
Statwell Intel
The full analysis is published.
Buckley's last two opponents beat him with takedowns. The counts show how many it took, and how far that is from anything Malott has done. This analysis looks at what the bout becomes if he does not try.
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