Joaquin Buckley vs Mike Malott

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Tale of the tapeWelterweight

UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott · 5 rounds · main

Mike Malott

“Proper”

14-2-1 (6 KO · 6 SUB · 2 DEC)

knockout power

Joaquin Buckley

“New Mansa”

21-8 (15 KO · 0 SUB · 6 DEC)

knockout power

MalottTapeBuckley

14-2-1Record21-8

34Age32

6'1"Height5'10"

73"Reach76"

OrthodoxStanceSouthpaw

CANCountryUSA

Win method %

KO 43% · SUB 43% · DEC 14%

KO 71% · SUB 0% · DEC 29%

Output & grappling

per-fight rates over last 12 tracked bouts

MalottStatBuckley

4.0

Sig. str / min

3.5

52%

Strike acc.

36%

3.0

Absorbed / min

3.0

+1.0

Damage margin

+0.6

57%

Strike defense

61%

0.87

Knockdowns /15

0.45

1.5

Takedowns /15

1.6

57%

TD accuracy

57%

73%

TD defense

70%

0.0

Ground adv. /15

0.0

0.7

Sub att. /15

0.1

Malott — pace & finishing

Avg fight length 7.2 min over 11 tracked

Round-1 finish wins 5 · finish wins 8

Went the distance 18% of tracked fights

Buckley — pace & finishing

Avg fight length 13.5 min over 12 tracked

Round-1 finish wins 0 · finish wins 5

Went the distance 50% of tracked fights

Malott — strike targetshead 60% · body 20% · leg 20%

Buckley — strike targetshead 67% · body 25% · leg 8%

Stylistic read

▸Chin check: Buckley finishes 71% of wins by KO while Malott has been stopped in 100% of losses.
▸Buckley holds a 3" reach advantage.
▸Stance clash: Malott (Orthodox) vs Buckley (Southpaw) — expect open-stance exchanges.

Mike Malott — last fights

W2026-04-19vs Gilbert Burns · KO/TKO · R3

W2025-10-18vs Kevin Holland · Decision - Unanimous · R3

W2025-05-11vs Charles Radtke · KO/TKO · R2

W2024-11-03Decision - Unanimous · R3

L2024-01-21vs Neil Magny · KO/TKO · R3

Joaquin Buckley — last fights

L2026-05-10vs Sean Brady · Decision - Unanimous · R3

L2025-06-15vs Kamaru Usman · Decision - Unanimous · R5

W2024-12-15TKO - Doctor's Stoppage · R3

W2024-10-06vs Stephen Thompson · KO/TKO · R3

W2024-05-11vs Nursulton Ruziboev · Decision - Unanimous · R3

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