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Joaquin Buckley vs. Andre Fialho

UFC 11-7-0 vs. 2-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-7-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
32
AgeΔ 0 yrs
32
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
76"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
0.1
Layoff (months)Δ 36.8 mo
36.9
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Andre Fialho absorbs 6.26 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Andre Fialho rarely shoots — 0.25 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Joaquin Buckley carries real power — 0.65 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Joaquin Buckley

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 148
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

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

Andre Fialho

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.57 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7373.55/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2023.30/min · norm 3.17
6563.16/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3836.26/min · norm 3.08
36.1%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
41.6%norm 44.75%
57.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
45.8%norm 55.25%
90.65/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.49/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Andre Fialho

Distance 90.3% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Andre Fialho

Head 83.1% (norm 78.3%) · Body 11.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Buckley L/AAccWelterweight med Fialho L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 554 / 1750 31.7% 38.5% 165 / 439 37.6% 38.5%
In the clinch 46 / 73 63.0% 67.8% 32 / 36 88.9% 67.8%
On the ground 137 / 218 62.8% 67.0% 5 / 11 too few to rate 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 455 / 1626 28.0% 36.4% 140 / 404 34.7% 36.4%
To the body 206 / 323 63.8% 70.7% 39 / 56 69.6% 70.7%
To the legs 76 / 92 82.6% 83.0% 23 / 26 88.5% 83.0%

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 · Welterweight: 180 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/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Fialho L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 461 / 1216 37.9% 39.1% 300 / 599 50.1% 39.1%
In the clinch 57 / 74 77.0% 68.9% 45 / 58 77.6% 68.9%
On the ground 138 / 265 52.1% 68.0% 38 / 50 76.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 440 / 1251 35.2% 35.6% 224 / 503 44.5% 35.6%
To the body 144 / 213 67.6% 69.6% 112 / 154 72.7% 69.6%
To the legs 72 / 91 79.1% 82.2% 47 / 50 94.0% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1945.2% acc · 1.37/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 0.25/15 · norm 1.31
4070.2% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
866.7% def · norm 63.9%
22:0110.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
2:053.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
41:202:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
7:051:44 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.07/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.44

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Buckley has more cage time on record.