Kamaru Usman vs Joaquin Buckley prediction

UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley · Sunday, 15 June 2025 · Welterweight · 5 rounds · main event

Kamaru Usman

Nigeria · 21-5-0UFC wins: 4 KO, 1 SUB, 11 DEC

Joaquin Buckley

USA · 21-9-0UFC wins: 8 KO, 0 SUB, 3 DEC

Result: Kamaru Usman by U Dec, R5 5:00.

Kamaru Usman vs Joaquin Buckley: prediction not published yet.

Tale of the tape

Tale of the tape
Kamaru Usman	Tale of the tape	Joaquin Buckley
21-5-0	Record	21-9-0
Nigeria	Nationality	USA
20	UFC fights	18
38	Age	31
183 cm	Height	178 cm
193 cm	Reach	193 cm
Switch	Stance	Southpaw
4 / 1 / 11	UFC wins by KO / SUB / DEC	8 / 0 / 3
1 / 0 / 3	UFC losses by KO / SUB / DEC	4 / 0 / 3
4.1	Sig. strikes landed per minute	3.6
2.9	Sig. strikes absorbed per minute	3.2
2.6	Takedowns per 15 minutes	1.4
0.41	Knockdowns per 15 minutes	0.63

Rates are from UFC fights since 2005, adjusted towards the UFC average for fighters with little UFC time.

Kamaru Usman: last UFC fights

2023-10-21vs Khamzat Chimaev R3 5:00L DEC
2023-03-18vs Leon Edwards R5 5:00L DEC
2022-08-21vs Leon Edwards R5 4:04L KO/TKO
2021-11-07vs Colby Covington R5 5:00W DEC
2021-04-25vs Jorge Masvidal R2 1:02W KO/TKO

Won 2 (40%)Lost 3 (60%)

Joaquin Buckley: last UFC fights

2024-12-15vs Colby Covington R3 4:42W KO/TKO
2024-10-06vs Stephen Thompson R3 2:17W KO/TKO
2024-05-11vs Nursulton Ruziboev R3 5:00W DEC
2024-03-31vs Vicente Luque R2 3:17W KO/TKO
2023-10-07vs Alex Morono R3 5:00W DEC

Won 5 (100%)Lost 0 (0%)

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