The return from the UFC to Kansas City Last Saturday evening saw 'De Toekomst' overcome in five rounds.
To bounce back in the win column, Ian Machado Garry had to survive a late rally from Carlos Prates to cancel his hand via a unanimous decision on 26 April.
The victory has placed the Irish back in the title photo with Machado Garry, who is sketching all his three-fighting plan in the future.
Joaquin Buckley was present in the T-Mobile Center where he had tried to try to get close to his fellow 170 pounds before he was hindered.
Buckley was not impressed by the ninth victory of Machado Garry in the Octagon where he had to dig deep in the last moments.
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Joaquin Buckley claims that Ian Machado Garry's wife sent him a message after she had distributed a potential confrontation
Joaquin Buckley will be confronted with the recurring Kamaru Usman on 14 June in the main event of UFC Atlanta in another big fight for the division.
Regardless of the fact that his next outing has already been booked, 'New Mansa' still focuses on Ian Machado Garry after the couple were tailored to UFC Tampa last December.
The competition did not happen on that occasion because of a shuffling from the cards with 170 pounds, but it is still a fight that Buckley actively strives for.
He clearly intended to share a form of exchange with Machado Garry, which is why he was at the stage during the ceremonial weightings that took place on 25 April.
After the Irishman had stepped on the scales and was confronted with Carlos Prates, he went to the side of the stage where Buckley tried to get close to after getting up and gesturing to 'the future'.
The advance of the #6-ranking competitor was cut off by the wife of Machado Garry who was sitting near Buckley when she hit him on stage to pass on her son to his father.
'New Mansa' just waited behind her, but Machado Garry paid little attention to him after the potential confrontation was quickly distributed.
Buckley later shared a video of the quick interaction on his Instagram page where he commented on it and claimed that the wife of his colleague -welter weight had given him a message during the short exchange.
'What is there, you know that I had to pick up Ian Garry at the weighing for talking about all that mess in his small interview. So I wait until he is ready, I wait patiently. As soon as I stop, tree, tree, she immediately bumped into me. “I'll see you later tonight.”
Joaquin Buckley was out of his chair for the last moments of Ian Machado Garry vs Carlos Prates
Just like many Vecht fans, Joaquin Buckley was convinced that Carlos Prates would get a remarkable comeback in the last moments of the most important event last weekend.
The Brazilian clearly lost the first three rounds on the score cards, but after he was bounced back in the fourth, he hurt Ian Machado Garry in the fifth round.
'The Nightmare' flowed on the pressure, but his opponent was able to stay out of danger while he was in survival mode while the clock ran down.
Buckley placed an Instagram video of his reaction to the last moments of the fight when he got out of his chair before he told Machado Garry that he almost throwing their potential fight away.
“Ian, boy, stop messing up, you make mistakes. You are switched off. We need goat versus C – for our first ppv. Don't f – it up, man.”