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Buckley calls out Poirier and Strickland for a racial slur
Poirier answered on Wednesday that Buckley was trying to get views and told him to shut up or kill him, and Strickland posted a spar in which he dropped Buckley.
UFC · Welterweight
Joaquin Buckley
21–9–0
15 KO · 0 SUB · 6 DEC
- Height
- 5′10″178 cm
- Reach
- 76″193 cm
- Weight
- 171 lb78 kg
- Age
- 32
- Born
- April 27, 1994
- From
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Style
- Freestyle
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Team
- STL Boxing
- Streak
- 0wins
- UFC
- 11–7
- Last
- Mike MalottLoss · October 17, 2026
Joaquin Buckley fights at welterweight in the UFC.
St. Louis is his birthplace. He trains at STL Boxing, and the pro debut was a first-round stoppage of Wesley Sullivan on September 13, 2014.
He started training in 2012 and turned pro in 2014. Isaiah and Ariah are his children. The nickname New Mansa comes from the Mali Empire, and mansa means king.
Mike Malott knocked him out with a knee at 2:32 of the second round on October 17, 2026.
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Result · UFC
Malott knocks Buckley out in the second
Malott's fifth straight win came on home soil in Edmonton, and he earned $100,000 for Performance of the Night. Malott moves to 15-2-1, and Buckley falls to 21-9.
Fights
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Malott | Loss | KO (knee) | 2 | 2:32 | UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott | |
| Sean Brady | Loss | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 328 | |
| Kamaru Usman | Loss | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley | |
| Colby Covington | Win | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 3 | 4:42 | UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley | |
| Stephen Thompson | Win | KO (punch) | 3 | 2:17 | UFC 307 | |
| Nursulton Ruziboev | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento | |
| Vicente Luque | Win | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:17 | UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot | |
| Alex Morono | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green | |
| Andre Fialho | Win | TKO (head kick) | 2 | 4:15 | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill | |
| Chris Curtis | Loss | KO (punches) | 2 | 2:49 | UFC 282 | |
| Nassourdine Imavov | Loss | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa | |
| Albert Duraev | Win | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 2 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett | |
| Abdul Razak Alhassan | Win | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill | |
| Antonio Arroyo | Win | KO (punches) | 3 | 2:26 | UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann | |
| Alessio Di Chirico | Loss | KO (head kick) | 1 | 2:12 | UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar | |
| Jordan Wright | Win | KO (punches) | 2 | 0:18 | UFC 255 | |
| Impa Kasanganay | Win | KO (spinning back kick) | 2 | 2:03 | UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen | |
| Kevin Holland | Loss | TKO (punch) | 3 | 0:43 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleynik | |
| Jackie Gosh | Win | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:47 | LFA 87 | |
| Chris Harris | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:08 | LFA 76 | |
| Logan Storley | Loss | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Bellator 197 | |
| Vinicius de Jesus | Win | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | Bellator 185 | |
| Justin Patterson | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Bellator 175 | |
| Jackie Gosh | Loss | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:44 | Bellator 164 | |
| Chris Heatherly | Win | KO (knee) | 2 | 4:14 | Bellator 157 | |
| Kyle Kurtz | Win | TKO (knee and punches) | 1 | 4:34 | Shamrock FC: Fuel | |
| Stacy Bacon | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Shamrock FC: Throwdown | |
| Kalel Robinson | Win | TKO (punches) | 3 | 4:01 | Shamrock FC: Showdown | |
| Bryant West | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:28 | Shamrock FC: Xtreme Fight Night 2 | |
| Wesley Sullivan | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:46 | Shamrock FC: Nemesis |