Joaquin Buckley has compiled a 4-5 record in UFC fights where he failed to complete a single takedown. His victories without takedowns came via stoppage against Colby Covington, Vicente Luque, Albert Duraev, and Jordan Wright, all ending before the final bell. Conversely, in every fight Buckley has lost, he similarly failed to secure any takedowns against his opponents. The post poses the question of whether Buckley will manage at least one successful takedown against Sean Brady in their upcoming weekend bout. The statistic highlights an interesting pattern in Buckley's UFC career where his takedown success appears to correlate with fight outcomes.
Joaquin Buckley carries an unusual statistical footnote into his upcoming welterweight bout against Sean Brady: in UFC fights where he has not recorded a single successful takedown, he holds a 4-5 record, with every one of his wins in that category ending by stoppage.
The pattern cuts sharply across both sides of his ledger. Buckley's no-takedown victories came against Colby Covington, Vicente Luque, Albert Duraev, and Jordan Wright, each fight stopped before the final bell. In every loss where he also failed to secure a takedown, however, the outcome went the other way. The correlation between takedown success and fight results has become one of the more striking tendencies in his UFC career.
Brady, ranked seventh in the welterweight division at 33 years old, presents a legitimate threat on the ground. The Renzo Gracie Philly product carries a 19-2 record and averages 3.53 takedowns per 15 minutes, a volume that ranks among the more active in the division. He also connects on 55 percent of his significant strikes, landing at a rate of 3.96 per minute, and attempts 0.9 submissions per 15 minutes, making him dangerous in multiple phases.
Buckley's four stoppage wins in that zero-takedown sample include a finish of Vicente Luque, who enters with a 24-12-1 record and an aggressive 4.83 significant strikes per minute, and a finish of Albert Duraev, a 37-year-old Russian fighter carrying a 16-5 mark who averages nearly two takedowns per 15 minutes himself.
Why it matters
- Buckley has never won a UFC fight he did not finish when recording zero takedowns
- Brady's 3.53 takedowns per 15 minutes makes him one of the more active grapplers Buckley has faced
- Whether Buckley can secure even a single takedown may prove to be a meaningful indicator of how the fight unfolds
