Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-10-05, pretty good finish but the rest of the bout was not so exciting: Joaquin Buckley vs Stephen Thompson gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2024).Thompson vs Buckley is scheduled to take place Saturday, October 5th, at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City (Utah, United States), in a 3-round welterweight (170 lbs, 77 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Alex Pereira vs Khalil Rountree – UFC 307. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Joaquin Buckley record
Joaquin Buckley entered this fight with a record of 19-6-0 (68% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.12 welterweight in the world.
He lost two consecutive bouts in 2022, against Nassourdine Imavov (Nassourdine Imavov vs Joaquin Buckley) and Chris Curtis, but then he has won four times beating Vicente Luque (Vicente Luque vs Joaquin Buckley) and Nursulton Ruziboev in his last two (Joaquin Buckley vs Nursulton Ruziboev).
Stephen Thompson record
His opponent, the black belt in karate, kempo and ju-jitsu Stephen Thompson, has a mma record of 17-7-1 (53% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.16 in the welterweight division.
He won just one out of his last four fights, against Kevin Holland in 2022 (Stephen Thompson vs Kevin Holland), after this match he lost to Shavkat Rakhmonov in 2023 (Shavkat Rakhmonov vs Stephen Thompson).
Fight card
Here is the UFC 307 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN PPV)
Alex Pereira vs Khalil Rountree
Raquel Pennington vs Julianna Pena
Jose Aldo vs Mario Bautista
Roman Dolidze vs Kevin Holland
Kayla Harrison vs Ketlen Vieira
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPNews / ESPN+)
Joaquin Buckley vs Stephen Thompson
Marina Rodriguez vs Iasmin Lucindo
Alexander Hernandez vs Austin Hubbard
Ihor Potieria vs Cesar Almeida
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Ryan Spann vs Ovince St Preux
Tecia Pennington vs Carla Esparza
Tim Means vs Court McGee
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Joaquin Buckley vs Stephen Thompson as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Result
Who won Buckley vs Thompson fight?
Joaquin Buckley defeated Stephen Thompson via KO at 2:17, round 3.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC 307 post-fight octagon interview of Joaquin Buckley and Stephen Thompson.
