Morono vs Buckley

Who won Morono vs Buckley?

Joaquin Buckley beat Alex Morono by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night – Green vs Dawson, on Saturday 7th October 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-26 in favor of the winner Joaquin Buckley.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Morono vs Buckley stats

Alex Morono stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Joaquin Buckley made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Alex Morono's 22nd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016. Joaquin Buckley marked his 14th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Alex Morono's UFC record stood at 13-8-0, while Joaquin Buckley's came in at 10-4-0.

The stats suggested Buckley had a massive power advantage over Morono, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Morono's 26%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Morono had a large advantage over Buckley, boasting a 30% submission rate over Buckley's 0%.

Alex Morono was the older man by 4 years, at 34 years old.

Morono had a height advantage of 1 inch over Buckley. Despite this, Buckley had a 4-inch reach advantage.

Morono was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 9 months earlier than Buckley, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 80 to Buckley's 58.

Morono vs Buckley form

Alex Morono had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Tim Means at UFC Fight Night – Rozenstruik vs. Almeida on 13th May 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Spectrum Center, Charlotte, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Matt Semelsberger at UFC 277 on 30th July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had defeated Mickey Gall at UFC Fight Night on 4th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against David Zawada at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Buckley had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Nursulton Ruziboev at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento on 11th May 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Enterprise Center, St. Louis, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Vicente Luque at UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot on 30th March 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Alex Morono at UFC Fight Night – Green vs Dawson on 7th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Andre Fialho at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Chris Curtis at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Joaquin Buckley had been fighting more than Alex Morono.

Going to this contest, Alex Morono had last fought 1 year, 5 months and 2 days ago, while Joaquin Buckley's last outing had been 5 months and 4 days ago.

Morono's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Buckley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Morono vs Buckley?

Alex Morono was a 81/50 (+160) underdog going into the contest, while Joaquin Buckley made his way into the ring at 53/100 (-190) with oddsmakers.