Joaquin Buckley produced the knockout of the year in his last fight and faces a tough opponent in Jordan Wright at UFC 255
The world is still trying to catch its breath after Joaquin Buckley’s incredible knockout against Impa Kasanganay, and the rising star will be in action soon.
Brett Okamoto of ESPN confirmed that the viral sensation will be in action at UFC 255. Buckley produced an incredible knockout against the then undefeated Kasanganay with a spinning kick.
The entire MMA world had been talking about this knockout for a few days, and the rising star will be in action soon.
KO of the Year! 🔓
Go all angles on @NewMansa94's masterpiece 😳
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— UFC (@ufc) October 10, 2020
Okamoto confirmed that Buckley would be going up against another undefeated star. Jordan Wright faces Buckley at UFC 255 and has 11 wins in his MMA career.
Wright is also someone who finishes his fights off quickly with 10 of his 11 wins coming in the first round itself:
Breaking: Mr. Viral Ko is back. Joaquin Buckley will face undefeated Jordan Wright at UFC 255 on Nov. 21, per sources. Buckley, of course, fresh off one of the most spectacular KO’s in MMA history. And Wright … 11 wins … 11 finishes … 10 in the first round. pic.twitter.com/5vwpmM79hd
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) October 14, 2020
Fans predict a stunning knockout
While Wright is 11-0 in his MMA career, he was taken down by Anthony Hernandez in Dana White’s Contender Series.
However, that clash was deemed as a no-contest since Hernandez tested positive for marijuana. Nevertheless, Wright is on a two-fight win streak since that outing, and it will be interesting to see how this clash goes.
Buckley certainly has a lot of people still talking about him and the 26-year-old turned things around after his loss to Kevin Holland.
Kasanganay was one of the rising stars in the UFC ahead of this fight but the knockout was something out of the world by Buckley.
The American is 11-3 in his MMA career and is 1-1 in the UFC so far. Many UFC fans brought out the fact that Wright wasn’t really undefeated in his career while some believed Buckley was going to get a stunning KO.
Wright’s chin will shatter on the first decent flurry from Buckley
— Ben Goodwin (@BGinge8) October 14, 2020
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Well his ko was watched over 13 million times so yeah, its just good business.
— Shaun (@sk8shaun) October 15, 2020
Intrigued to see what the line will be here.
— Manpreet (@MMALOTN) October 14, 2020
— Zoheb MMA (@ZohebMMA) October 14, 2020
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