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Joaquin Buckley scored the largest win of his skilled profession over the weekend (Sat. March 30, 2024) within the co-main occasion of UFC Atlantic metropolis, stopping Vicente Luque within the second spherical by way of strikes.
The battle was fairly aggressive to start out. Within the first spherical, Buckley discovered some success together with his mixture placing and stress. Luque additionally had his moments, nevertheless, touchdown some heavy kicks and briefly gaining prime place with a takedown. All nicely and good, however issues acquired a bit odd within the second.
Buckley landed just a few strong punches to start out the spherical, and he met Luque’s double leg try with sturdy hips. The Brazilian veteran reacted by pulling guard, and when Buckley began punching, “The Silent Murderer” shelled up till the referee intervened. For a many who has gone to warfare with the likes of Mike Perry and Stephen Thompson with out taking a step again, it was a wierd sight to see (watch right here).
Buckley thinks the reason is that Luque didn’t wish to be within the cage with him.
“I really feel like Vicente simply stop in there — level clean, interval,” Buckley stated on The MMA Hour (by way of MMAFighting). “He stop. He didn’t wish to be in there within the first place. Earlier than the battle began, he didn’t wish to be in there. While you’re a fighter, you may simply sense these issues. It’s onerous to clarify. You’ve acquired to get in there and discover out.
“I knew it the second I noticed him. The second I noticed him at weigh-ins, I knew it.”
In Luque’s protection, he’s simply two fights faraway from struggling a knockout loss that resulted in a mind hemorrhage. He managed to fairly safely wrestle Rafael dos Anjos in his return to motion final yr, however it’s comprehensible if the punches of a strong hitter like Buckley shook his confidence.
The query is can Luque come again from this? Luque’s finest wins have come from surging ahead within the chaos, and if he’s not capable of maintain his confidence in unhealthy spots anymore, he’s not prone to win many fights.
As for Buckley, he’s rising rapidly up the Welterweight ranks, and he has an concept for his subsequent opponent: Gilbert Burns. Ideally, he’d love that battle as the principle occasion of UFC St. Louis, which is at the moment scheduled to be headlined by one other uninspired Heavyweight contest.
“I really love the thought of Gilbert Burns,” Buckley stated. “Proper now we’re 3-1 in opposition to that staff. The primary man that beat me from that staff was Logan Storley again in Bellator. He held me down for 15 [minutes]. After that I knocked out Impa Kasanganay, Andre Fialho, and now their boy Vicente. So now I’m 3-1 with them.”
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