A brand new contender has emerged at welterweight after Joaquin Buckley scored a powerful win over Vicente Luque within the UFC Atlantic Metropolis co-main occasion.
In his third straight combat at 170 kilos, Buckley appeared higher than ever as he got here ahead with little concern of reprisal, which really led to Luque pulling guard. That led to his downfall as Buckley blasted away at him with some severely vicious floor and pound to earn a stoppage win with the combat ending at 3:17 within the second spherical.
Afterward, Buckley paid homage to Luque for accepting the problem when he claims so many different ranked opponents declined.
“They achieved tousled and gave your boy a rating!” Buckley shouted. “On the highway to gold. All people that I known as out, by no means wished to present me the chance however Vicente was the one one. Nothing however love for that man.
“Wherever we need to take it, I can get you out of there. I used to be simply smiling. All he was doing was masking up. I used to be touchdown, I used to be touchdown. I simply saved punching.”
In a battle between two famous powerhouses, Buckley appeared somewhat extra keen to have interaction as he got here headhunting on Luque, who was making an attempt to be a bit extra tactical together with his mixtures. Buckley was throwing with all of his physique weight behind each strike thrown and Luque was cautious to not get caught up in a wild change.
Halfway by the second spherical, Luque really pulled guard to get Buckley to the bottom however that technique backfired slightly spectacularly. As Luque held on briefly, Buckley broke free and began raining down on him with a barrage of punches.
With Luque simply masking up, Buckley erupted with some vicious floor and pound as he continued hammering away with large photographs with a number of punches slipping by to do harm. Buckley continued firing punches till referee Keith Peterson had no alternative however to step in and rescue Luque from any additional hurt.
It was an extremely spectacular displaying for Buckley, who looks as if an actual drive of nature within the welterweight division. Following the win, Buckley known as for his probability to compete on the upcoming UFC Battle Night time card in St. Louis in Could as he appears to proceed his climb up the ranks at 170 kilos.
