By The Numbers: Andre Fialho vs. Joaquin Buckley
Thin ice has formed under the feet of Andre Fialho and Joaquin Buckley in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Neither man can afford another misstep when they collide in a three-round UFC Fight Night 223 welterweight feature on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Fialho finds himself reeling after back-to-back defeats. The Kill Cliff Fight Club representative last competed on Nov. 19, when he was felled by a wheel kick and follow-up punches from Muslim Salikhov in the third round of their UFC Fight Night 215 pairing. Like Fialho, Buckley enters the cage on a two-fight losing streak. He last fought on Dec. 10, when he succumbed to second-round punches from Chris Curtis at UFC 282.
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29: Years of age for Fialho, who was born on Cascais, Portugal, on April 7, 1994.
13: Fialho wins by knockout or technical knockout,
accounting for 81% of his career total (16). His list of UFC
victims: Cameron
VanCamp and Miguel
Baeza. Fialho holds one other win by submission (6%)—he
dispatched Nuna Faria with a rear-naked choke at an International
Pro Combat event in November 2014—and two more by decision
(13%).
18: Seconds needed for Fialho to wreck Sang Hoon Yoo with punches at UAE Warriors 20 in June 19, 2021. Nearly two years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.
9: Consecutive calendar years in which Fialho has fought at least once. He went 5-0 in 2014, 1-0 in 2015, 2-1 in 2016, 1-0 in 2017, 1-0 in 2018, 0-1 with one no contest in 2019, 0-1 in 2020, 4-0 in 2021 and 2-3 in 2022.
126: Combined victories between the six opponents—Salikhov, Curtis, Jake Matthews, Michel Pereira, Antonio dos Santos Jr. and Chidi Njokuani—who have bested Fialho. They sport a cumulative .746 winning percentage at 126-43.
29: Years of age for Buckley, who was born on April 27, 1994 in St. Louis.
11: Buckley victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 73% of his career total (15). His list of UFC victims: Albert Duraev, Antonio Arroyo, Jordan Wright and Impa Kasanganay. Buckley owns four other victories by decision (27%).
200,000: Dollars in post-fight bonuses banked by Buckley across his nine appearances in the UFC. He has been awarded “Performance of the Night” on four occasions.
6: Knockdowns landed by Buckley as a UFC middleweight, tying him with Derek Brunson, Kelvin Gastelum and Eryk Anders for third on the promotion’s active list at 185 pounds. Only Israel Adesanya (13) and Robert Whittaker (seven) have been credited with more.
.743: Cumulative winning percentage between the six opponents—Curtis, Nassourdine Imavov, Alessio Di Chirico, Kevin Holland, Logan Storley and Jackie Gosh—who have beaten Buckley. They boast a combined record of 101-35.
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