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Joaquin Buckley vs. Antonio Arroyo

UFC 11-7-0 vs. 0-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-7-0
UFC record
0-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
32
AgeΔ 5 yrs
37
5'10"
HeightΔ 5"
6'3"
76"
ReachΔ 3"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
0.1
Layoff (months)Δ 60.9 mo
61
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Antonio Arroyo rarely shoots — 0.35 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Joaquin Buckley carries real power — 0.65 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Antonio Arroyo is accurate with strikes at range — lands 60%, vs a 40% Middleweight 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

Antonio Arroyo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 102

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.64 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7373.55/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
952.24/min · norm 3.23
6563.16/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
831.96/min · norm 3.20
36.1%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
61.3%norm 47.4%
57.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
54.4%norm 53.8%
90.65/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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%)

Antonio Arroyo

Distance 91.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 8.4% (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%)

Antonio Arroyo

Head 65.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 23.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.0% (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/AAccWelterweight med Arroyo L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 554 / 1750 31.7% 38.5% 85 / 141 60.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 46 / 73 63.0% 67.8% 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 137 / 218 62.8% 67.0% 10 / 13 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 455 / 1626 28.0% 36.4% 53 / 102 52.0% 38.8%
To the body 206 / 323 63.8% 70.7% 26 / 36 72.2% 71.6%
To the legs 76 / 92 82.6% 83.0% 16 / 17 too few to rate 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/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Arroyo L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 461 / 1216 37.9% 39.1% 72 / 170 42.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 57 / 74 77.0% 68.9% 5 / 5 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 138 / 265 52.1% 68.0% 6 / 7 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 440 / 1251 35.2% 35.6% 34 / 115 29.6% 37.9%
To the body 144 / 213 67.6% 69.6% 25 / 39 64.1% 71.3%
To the legs 72 / 91 79.1% 82.2% 24 / 28 85.7% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1945.2% acc · 1.37/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 0.35/15 · norm 1.35
4070.2% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1344.8% def · norm 63.3%
22:0110.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
5:5413.9% of cage time · norm 19.4%
41:202:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
16:095:42 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.07/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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