Joaquin Buckley vs Colby Covington — UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley Result, Stats & Scorecards

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Joaquin Buckley vs Colby Covington

Welterweight · 5 rounds · Card

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Joaquin BuckleyWinner

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UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley

Saturday, December 14, 2024 · Tampa · Florida

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Result

Joaquin Buckley def. Colby Covington

KO/TKO (Cut above eye) · Round 3 · 4:42 · 5 Rnd (5-5-5-5-5)

Referee · Dan MiragliottaSource · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

KO/TKO · R3 · 4:42

Joaquin BuckleyRound 3Colby Covington

24 / 41Sig. strikes8 / 23

59%Accuracy35%

29 / 49Total strikes36 / 54

0Knockdowns0

0 / 0Takedowns0 / 3

1Sub. attempts0

1:08Control1:50

5.1Pace / min1.7

38%Control share62%

Joaquin Buckley

Targethead 88% · body 13% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 88% · clinch 4% · ground 8%

Colby Covington

Targethead 100% · body 0% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 75% · clinch 0% · ground 25%

Statistical signals

Output edgeJoaquin Buckley landed 24 significant strikes to 8.Striking edgeJoaquin Buckley struck at 59% accuracy to 35%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Target shiftJoaquin Buckley's head share of landed strikes moved +16 pts, to 88% head with 13% body and 0% leg.
Control swingJoaquin Buckley's control time moved +67s, 68s against 1s.
Pace downColby Covington's significant-strike pace moved -55% from R2 to R3, 1.7 against 3.8 per minute.
Target shiftColby Covington's head share of landed strikes moved +32 pts, to 100% head with 0% body and 0% leg.
Phase shiftColby Covington's ground share of landed strikes moved +14 pts, to 25% on the ground against 75% at distance.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Joaquin Buckley

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Colby Covington

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

75Joaquin Buckley sig. strikes

37Colby Covington sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+90%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Colby Covington)