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Joaquin Buckley scored the most significant win of his expert profession over the weekend (Sat. March 30, 2024) in the co-main occasion of UFC Atlantic city, stopping Vicente Luque in the 2nd round by means of strikes.
The battle was rather competitive to begin. In the preliminary, Buckley discovered some success with his mix striking and pressure. Luque likewise had his minutes, nevertheless, landing some heavy kicks and briefly acquiring leading position with a takedown. All well and good, however things got a bit odd in the 2nd.
Buckley landed a couple of strong punches to begin the round, and he fulfilled Luque’s double leg effort with strong hips. The Brazilian experienced responded by pulling guard, and when Buckley began punching, “The Silent Assassin” shelled up till the referee stepped in. For a lots of who has actually fought with the similarity Mike Perry and Stephen Thompson without taking an action back, it was a weird sight to see (watch here).
Buckley believes the description is that Luque didn’t wish to remain in the cage with him.
“I feel like Vicente just quit in there — point blank, period,” Buckley stated on The MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Hour (by means of MMAFighting). “He gave up. He didn’t wish to remain in there in the very first location. Before the battle began, he didn’t wish to remain in there. When you’re a fighter, you can simply notice those things. It’s difficult to discuss. You’ve got to act and learn.
“I knew it the moment I saw him. The moment I saw him at weigh-ins, I knew it.”
In Luque’s defense, he’s simply 2 battles eliminated from suffering a knockout loss that led to a brain hemorrhage. He handled to quite securely battle Rafael dos Anjos in his go back to action in 2015, however it’s easy to understand if the punches of an effective player like Buckley shook his self-confidence.
The concern is can Luque return from this? Luque’s finest wins have actually originated from rising forward in the mayhem, and if he’s unable to keep his self-confidence in bad areas any longer, he’s not most likely to win numerous battles.
As for Buckley, he’s increasing rapidly up the Welterweight ranks, and he has a concept for his next challenger: Gilbert Burns. Ideally, he’d like that battle as the centerpiece of UFC St. Louis, which is presently arranged to be headlined by another uncreative Heavyweight contest.
“I actually love the idea of Gilbert Burns,” Buckley stated. “Right now we’re 3-1 against that team. The first guy that beat me from that team was Logan Storley back 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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