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Joaquin Buckley is taking his loss in stride following a nasty second round knockout at the hands of Mike Malott in Edmonton last night.<\/p>\n
Buckley played the villain all week and built up a lot of animosity in Edmonton, to the point where chants of \u201cF–k you, Buckley!\u201d broke out regularly during his main event fight. And while the fight didn\u2019t go the way he wanted to\u2014 for the third fight in a row\u2014 he sounded pleased with the work he did building up the bout.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fight didn\u2019t go my way, not at all,\u201d Buckley said in an Instagram video shortly after the loss. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of expectations, man, for me to go out there and knock Malott out. But at the end of the day, people were entertained, people enjoyed the show.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI truly believe that what I did, at the end of the day, it helped bring more eyes to the game,\u201d he continued. \u201cSo regardless of what people say, no matter what\u2019s going on, man, I\u2019m just going to get back to work and just keep putting on for the name. I am Joaquin Buckley.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not going to stop, I\u2019m going to keep moving forward. I ain\u2019t going to be in the dark. I\u2019m going to show you guys the team that I\u2019m with, the team that I\u2019m building, and the thing I want to do. Because at the end of the day, man, I\u2019m a fighter that fights.\u201d<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t too long ago that Buckley was on a six fight winning streak, culminating in an ass whooping of Colby Covington in December 2024. Then came tough losses to Kamaru Usman, Sean Brady, and now Mike Malott. Buckley wasn\u2019t doing bad against Malott \u2026 the first round was considered a toss-up by many. But Malott was launching a lot of power Buckley\u2019s way, and few could have survived that monster of a knee that landed right on the chin of \u201cNew Mansa.\u201d<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll see how Buckley and his team react to this latest setback and how they plan to bounce back.<\/p>\n