The last loss of Joaquin Buckley in MMA brutally came when he stepped into the cage with the teammate of Sean Strickland.
This Saturday, Joaquin Buckley will take his toughest and most important test so far when he bumps into former UFC Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman at UFC Atlanta.
'New Mansa' is hopeful that with a victory over the recurring 'Nigerian nightmare', he can then protect himself a good -weight title shot, thereby playing the possible threat of Islam Makhakev.
Buckley is currently on an extremely impressive Six-Fight Win-Streak with his last victory as a dominant victory over controversial good weight, Colby Covington.
The last time that the 31-year-old loss suffered in the UFC Octagon was back in 2022 when he took on the teammate of Sean Strickland, Chris Curtis, at UFC 282.
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Buckley was brutally brutal by Chris Curtis on UFC 282
After having had a loss for Nassourdine Imavov in Paris in 2022, 'New Mansa' was then linked to 'Action Man', who at the time was impressed by a few big wins but then stopped by Jack Hermansson.
At that time, Buckley had already made a name for himself among the UFC fans after scoring one of the biggest knockouts of all time against Impa Kasanganay.
In the opening round against Curtis, Buckley was the more active of the two and landed a few large shots with his boxing. Although, about two minutes in the opening round, Buckley was hit with a huge left hand, but he ate it well.
In round two, Curtis came out and looked at Buckley and placed him on the hind foot. Again, after some collisions in the bag, Buckley went to land a left body skirt, but it was trapped by Curtis.
'The Action Man' then unleashed a mean left hand directly on the chin of 'New Mansa' who knocked him down and bounced his head of the Canvas. Curtis then followed some heavy ground and pounds, so Buckley came asleep.
Joe Rogan called Curtis' Knock -Out 'the perfect left hand'
In the comment team for the fight, UFC icon, Joe Rogan, who called Curtis' Knock -Out Blaas' the perfect left hand '.
“Boy, he has landed well! Look at this, the kick comes, boom! He catches him with a perfect left hand, buckley in all kinds of problems … boom! I mean, perfect left hand!” Joe Rogan said on the broadcast.
Since his brutal loss for Curtis, however, their career has gone in a completely different direction because Buckley is now in the title and Curtis has only won one fight in five since they collided.