Joaquin Buckley
“New Mansa”
Joaquin Buckley is ranked 38th of 426 welterweights by the First Light Rating, and 10th in the UFC’s own welterweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,93838th of 426 · Welterweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.46Fame ahead of skill
▲ +0.04 in 22 days - Career phase
- DecliningCareer-best FLR 1,983, 14 Dec 2024
- Record
- 21–9Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: 2,000 careers simulated from today, fight by fight; the dashed line is the middle one.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR | FLI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 2026 | Lost to Mike MalottUFC Fight Night 291 - Buckley vs. Malott · KO (Knee and Punch) | −14 | +0.05 |
| 9 May 2026 | Lost to Sean BradyUFC 328 - Chimaev vs. Strickland · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −22 | — |
| 14 Jun 2025 | Lost to Kamaru UsmanUFC on ESPN 69 - Usman vs. Buckley · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −8 | — |
| 14 Dec 2024 | Won vs Colby CovingtonUFC on ESPN 63 - Covington vs. Buckley · TKO (Doctor Stoppage), R3 | +27 | — |
| 5 Oct 2024 | Won vs Stephen ThompsonUFC 307 - Pereira vs. Rountree · KO (Punch), R3 | +16 | — |
| 11 May 2024 | Won vs Nursulton RuziboevUFC on ESPN 56 - Lewis vs. Nascimento · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +21 | — |
| 30 Mar 2024 | Won vs Vicente LuqueUFC on ESPN 54 - Blanchfield vs. Fiorot · TKO (Punches), R2 | +21 | — |
| 7 Oct 2023 | Won vs Alex MoronoUFC Fight Night 229 - Dawson vs. Green · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +28 | — |
| 20 May 2023 | Won vs Andre FialhoUFC Fight Night 223 - Dern vs. Hill · TKO (Head Kick), R2 | +23 | — |
| 10 Dec 2022 | Lost to Chris CurtisUFC 282 - Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev · KO (Punches), R2 | 0 | — |
| 3 Sept 2022 | Lost to Nassourdine ImavovUFC Fight Night 209 - Gane vs. Tuivasa · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −14 | — |
| 18 Jun 2022 | Won vs Albert DuraevUFC on ESPN 37 - Kattar vs. Emmett · TKO (Doctor Stoppage), R2 | +25 | — |
FLR is what the fight did to their First Light Rating: the true measure of skill.
FLI is what the fight did to their First Light Index: the rating of fame against skill.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
First Light may hold interests in athletes covered by the Index.