Malott knocks Buckley out in the second

Mike Malott knocks Joaquin Buckley out with a knee at 2:32 of the second round. The welterweight bout was the main event of UFC Fight Night at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Saturday, October 17.

Malott moves to 15-2-1, and Buckley falls to 21-9.

Buckley fought southpaw and Malott fought orthodox, and Buckley refused the glove touch. In the first, Buckley landed a leaping right hook, and MMA Fighting scored the round 10-9 for Buckley. In the second, Buckley forced a clinch against the fence and Malott landed knees to the body, Buckley broke free, and Malott landed a right hand as Buckley stepped in, and the knee caught Buckley on the chin.

Malott landed 37 of 50 significant strikes, with one knockdown, 20 of 24 to the body, and 1:25 of control. Buckley landed 14 of 53 significant strikes, with 4 of 4 to the body and 0:08 of control. Neither man landed a takedown.

Malott is 34 and stands 73 inches (185 cm) with a 73-inch (185 cm) reach, and Buckley is 32 and stands 70 inches (178 cm) with a 76-inch (193 cm) reach.

Malott stopped Gilbert Burns with punches at 2:08 of the third round on April 18. Buckley lost a unanimous decision to Sean Brady at 5:00 of the third round on May 9, and he lost a unanimous decision to Kamaru Usman at 5:00 of the fifth round on June 14, 2025. Chris Curtis knocked Buckley out with punches at 2:49 of the second round at UFC 282 on December 10, 2022, and the Edmonton loss was the first stoppage Buckley had taken since that night.

Buckley came in at No. 10, and Malott came in at No. 13. The win is Malott’s fifth in a row, all five in Canada, and it is his second consecutive main event finish, and Malott earned $100,000 for Performance of the Night.

Twelve of the 13 bouts ended inside the distance, and the first 11 were stoppages. The 12 finishes tied the modern UFC record, a mark UFC Serbia also holds, and Rogers Place drew 16,903.

The rest of the main card

Jasmine Jasudavicius beat Erin Blanchfield by unanimous decision, 29-28 on all three cards, at 5:00 of the third round. Jasudavicius came in at No. 6 and Blanchfield at No. 4, at women’s flyweight. Jasudavicius took the top position through the first two rounds and threatened submissions, and Blanchfield had the better of the third on the feet. The judges scored a fight for the first time all night. Jasudavicius has won seven of her last eight, and Natalia Silva holds the flyweight title.

Cristian Perez knocked Kyle Nelson out with strikes at 0:27 of the first round. Perez is 27, the bout was his UFC debut, and he goes by Puas.

Marc-Andre Barriault stopped Kyle Daukaus with a knee from the clinch and follow-up strikes at 4:28 of the first round. Barriault trains at Fight Sports Deerfield Beach, and he had earned Fight of the Night in each of his two previous losses, and Barriault earned $100,000 for Performance of the Night.

Timmy Cuamba submitted Louis Jourdain with a rear-naked choke at 2:48 of the second round. Cuamba is 27 and fights out of Las Vegas, the choke was his first submission win in the UFC, and he moved to 3-3 in the Octagon, while Jourdain was making his UFC debut.

Mandel Nallo stopped Nate Landwehr with strikes at 0:47 of the second round. Nallo is 37 and trains at Tristar, he worked the jab, then chopped the lead leg, and he earned $100,000 for Performance of the Night. Jai Herbert stopped Nallo in Winnipeg in Nallo’s UFC debut.

The prelims

Tanner Boser stopped Jhonata Diniz with ground-and-pound at 4:26 of the third round. Referee Jason Herzog waved it off.

Nick Galanti submitted Julien Leblanc with a rear-naked choke at 1:26 of the first round.

Joel Faglier stopped Javad Mahjoub with strikes at 2:11 of the second round, in Faglier’s UFC debut. Mahjoub dropped Faglier more than once in the first and took a 10-8 round, and Faglier earned $100,000 for Performance of the Night.

Katlyn Cerminara stopped Mackenzie Stiller with strikes at 4:46 of the first round.

Steven Koslow submitted Chad Anheliger with a rear-naked choke at 4:31 of the third round.

Chelsea Chandler submitted Melissa Croden at 4:52 of the first round.

SuYoung You submitted Cody Chovancek with a kimura at 4:19 of the third round.

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