Dana White liked what he saw from Joaquin Buckley this Saturday. Well, at least nearly all of it.
The UFC CEO was taken away by Buckley’s (19-6 MMA, 9-4 UFC) revealing at UFC on ESPN 56, where he beat Nursulton Ruziboev in the co-main occasion of the card. Buckley, who had battled and beat Vicente Luque at the end of March, called to battle in his hometown of St. Louis simply a coupleof weeks lateron versus whoever the UFC might put in front of him.
Despite coming off perhaps the most prominent win of his profession, Buckley accepted to take on unranked, however unsafe Ruziboev (34-9-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC), putting on his win streak on the line.
“He asked for this battle. He combated a guy that was smashing individuals in the veryfirst round, and he went out there and took the battle to him,” White stated at the UFC on ESPN 56 post-fight press conference. “It was an unbelievable efficiency, and in his hometown. In my experience, and it’s amusing since you get some guys state, ‘It’s my dream to battle in my