Joaquin Buckley vs. Alessio Di Chirico
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Joaquin Buckley
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 14 | 8 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 2 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.4 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 29 documented bouts
In the UFC: 9-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.4 wins over .500
Alessio Di Chirico
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 7 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 9 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 20 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Joaquin Buckley
Distance 85.7% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 10.7% (norm 8.1%)
Alessio Di Chirico
Distance 89.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.5% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 10.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Joaquin Buckley
Head 79.7% (norm 78.3%) · Body 15.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 8.0%)
Alessio Di Chirico
Head 81.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Buckley L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Di Chirico L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 554 / 1750 | 31.7% | 38.5% | 314 / 842 | 37.3% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 46 / 73 | 63.0% | 67.8% | 45 / 71 | 63.4% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 137 / 218 | 62.8% | 67.0% | 16 / 31 | 51.6% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 455 / 1626 | 28.0% | 36.4% | 254 / 765 | 33.2% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 206 / 323 | 63.8% | 70.7% | 67 / 114 | 58.8% | 71.6% |
| To the legs | 76 / 92 | 82.6% | 83.0% | 54 / 65 | 83.1% | 83.3% |
Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Welterweight: 180 fighters · Middleweight: 178 fighters).
What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man
Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.
| Zone | vs Buckley L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Di Chirico L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 461 / 1216 | 37.9% | 39.1% | 335 / 940 | 35.6% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 57 / 74 | 77.0% | 68.9% | 53 / 70 | 75.7% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 138 / 265 | 52.1% | 68.0% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 440 / 1251 | 35.2% | 35.6% | 196 / 741 | 26.5% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 144 / 213 | 67.6% | 69.6% | 110 / 168 | 65.5% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 72 / 91 | 79.1% | 82.2% | 83 / 102 | 81.4% | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Buckley has more cage time on record.