Joaquin Buckley has only one step left to get his first championship strategy after 5 years of diving in UFC, if he defeated the former Kamaru Usman championship in this weekend match.
When he himself is in seventh with 6 consecutive victories, defeating a former king who once ruled weight as Usman is currently ranked 5th will be an open door for “New Mana” to rise in the extremely fierce race in semi -Chinese class.
Buckley once spoke about the appearance of Islam Makhachev – the light champion who abandoned the title and was declared to rank, will not be able to create too much disturbance with semi -Chinese class. Even, he believed that Islam Makhachev could not be called a “threat” with this weight.
“Do not misunderstand, Islam is not a big threat to the semi -semi -class. This is the most pressure weight you can join, with people like Ian Garry, Shavkat, Sean Brady. Islam must clearly prove to the world that he is ready for this place.”
“In my opinion, this weekend will help me to be the number one candidate. Islam Makhachev has done a lot of things in a light level, he is a big name and the acquiring a semi -middle picture is reasonable.
Maybe Joaquin Buckley is referring to the match between Islam Makhachev and the current semi -semi -semi -semi -class champion – Jack Della Maddalena will have unintended problems. Along with that, he could be the only name ready for this match.
In return, the boxer born in 1994 believes that if Makhachev won when confronting Jack Della Maddalena, then the decision to retire would be made shortly thereafter.
“If Islam has a semi -Chinese title, he has done everything necessary. Why? Stay and have the risk of losing the win, I don't think so. I think he is strengthening his name, and if he won the belt, he will retire.”
Joaquin Buckley can be considered as an implicit provocative. Because once winning the second belt, the name Islam Makhachev will rise even higher than the present time. But at that time, the semi -Chinese class also had many names ready to rob him, including Buckley.
Since returning to the semi -Chinese class with Knockout Andrre F He defeated the stars of the previous generation like Stephen Thompson or Colby Covington – all of Knockout.
However, if you look at the two generals mentioned above at the end of his career, Kamaru Usman is still a more valuable boxer. Although “The Nigerian Nightmare” has been going through a series of 3 losses and not playing for nearly two years, Usman's level is still many viewers who believe that it will be a harsh enough test with “New Mansa”.
Top 5 semi -Chinese classes are witnessing horned names like Sean Brady, Shavkat Rakhmonov, Ian or the former king who has lost Belal Muhammad belt.