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The UFC’s 2024 schedule closed on a excessive word Saturday with UFC on ESPN 63 at Amalie Area in Tampa, Fla., which featured a variety of brutal knockout outcomes.
Though it wasn’t technically a knockout in the primary occasion, the strikes of Joaquin Buckley (22-6 MMA, 11-4 UFC) have been the distinction en path to a third-round physician’s stoppage TKO of Colby Covington (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) to maintain undefeated within the welterweight division.
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Joaquin Buckley def. Colby Covington
Buckley improved to 6-0 since he dropped to the welterweight division in Could 2023.
Buckley’s six-fight UFC successful streak at welterweight is tied for the third-longest lively streak within the division behind Shavkat Rakhmonov (seven) and Jack Della Maddalena (seven).
Buckley has earned all 15 of his profession stoppage victories by knockout. That features eight of his 10 UFC wins.
Covington suffered consecutive losses for the primary time in his profession. He hasn’t earned a victory since March 2022.
Covington has suffered three of his 5 profession losses by stoppage.
Cub Swanson def. Billy Quarantillo
Swanson’s (30-14 MMA, 15-10 UFC) 20 victories in UFC/WEC featherweight competitors are tied with Max Holloway for many in mixed divisional historical past.
Swanson’s 15 victories in UFC featherweight competitors are third-most in divisional historical past behind Holloway (20) and Darren Elkins (18).
Swanson’s 9 stoppage victories in UFC/WEC featherweight competitors are third most within the mixed divisional historical past behind Jose Aldo (11) and Holloway (11).
Swanson’s seven knockout victories in UFC featherweight competitors are second-most in divisional historical past behind Holloway (9).
Swanson’s 15 fight-night bonuses for UFC/WEC featherweight bouts are probably the most in mixed divisional historical past.
Swanson’s 11 fight-night bonuses for UFC featherweight bouts are most in divisional historical past.
Manel Kape def. Bruno Silva
Manel Kape (20-7 MMA, 5-3 UFC) has earned 17 of his 20 profession victories by stoppage.
Bruno Silva (14-6-2 MMA, 4-3 UFC) has suffered 4 of his seven profession losses by stoppage.
Dustin Jacoby def. Vitor Petrino
Jacoby (20-9-1 MMA, 8-6-1 UFC) improved to 8-5-1 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in October 2020.
Vitor Petrino (11-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) has earned eight of his 9 profession stoppage victories by knockout.
Petrino has suffered each of his profession losses by stoppage.
Petrino suffered the primary knockout lack of his profession.
Daniel Marcos def. Adrian Yanez
Daniel Marcos’ (17-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) five-fight UFC unbeaten streak at bantamweight is tied for the third-longest lively streak within the division behind Merab Dvalishvili (10) and Mario Bautista (seven).
Marcos has earned three of his 4 UFC victories by resolution.
Adrian Yanez (17-6 MMA, 6-3 UFC) has suffered 4 of his six profession losses by resolution.
Michael Johnson def. Ottman Azaitar
Johnson (23-19 MMA, 15-15 UFC) improved to 4-5 since he returned to the light-weight division in October 2019.
Johnson’s 12 knockdowns landed in UFC light-weight competitors are second-most in divisional historical past behind Melvin Guillard (13).
Ottman Azaitar (13-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC) has suffered three consecutive losses after beginning his profession 13-0.
Azaitar has suffered all three of his profession losses by knockout.
Joel Alvarez def. Drakkar Klose
Joel Alvarez (22-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) has earned all 22 of his profession victories by stoppage.
Drakkar Klose (15-3-1 MMA, 9-3 UFC) has suffered each of his profession stoppage losses by knockout.
Sean Woodson def. Fernando Padilla
Sean Woodson’s (13-1-1 MMA, 7-1-1 UFC) eight-fight UFC unbeaten streak at featherweight is tied with Movsar Evloev and Lerone Murphy for the longest lively streak within the division.
Fernando Padilla (16-6 MMA, 2-2 UFC) suffered the primary stoppage lack of his profession with a TKO defeat.
Felipe Lima def. Miles Johns
Miles Johns (15-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) suffered the primary resolution lack of his profession.
Miranda Maverick def. Jamey-Lyn Horth
Miranda Maverick’s (15-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC) eight victories in UFC ladies’s flyweight competitors are tied for third-most in divisional historical past behind Valentina Shevchenko (10) and Katlyn Cerminara (9).
Maverick’s 23 takedowns landed in UFC ladies’s flyweight competitors are second-most in divisional historical past behind Shevchenko (47).
Jamey-Lyn Horth (7-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has suffered each of her profession losses by resolution.
Davey Grant def. Ramon Taveras
Davey Grant (15-7 MMA, 7-6 UFC) has earned three of his seven UFC victories by resolution.
Ramon Taveras (10-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) suffered the primary resolution lack of his profession.
Piera Rodriguez def. Josefine Knutsson
Piera Rodriguez (10-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) has earned all three of her UFC victories by resolution.
Josefine Knutsson (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) had her eight-fight successful streak snapped for the primary defeat of her profession.
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UFC analysis analyst and dwell statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Observe him on X @MJCflipdascript.
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