Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-05-11, pretty good mma bout: Joaquin Buckley vs Nursulton Ruziboev gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2024).Ruziboev vs Buckley is scheduled to take place Saturday, May 11th, at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis (Missouri, United States), in a 3-round welterweight (170 lbs, 77 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Derrick Lewis vs Rodrigo Nascimento – UFC on ESPN 56 (also known as UFC St. Louis). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Joaquin Buckley record
Joaquin Buckley entered this fight with a pro mma record of 18-6-0 (72% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.12 welterweight in the world.
He lost two consecutive fights in 2022, against Nassourdine Imavov (Nassourdine Imavov vs Joaquin Buckley) and Chris Curtis, but then he has won three fights, defeating Alex Morono (Alex Morono vs Joaquin Buckley) and Vicente Luque in his last two (Vicente Luque vs Joaquin Buckley).
Nursulton Ruziboev record
His opponent, Nursulton Ruziboev, has a record of 34-8-2 (94% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.46 in the welterweight division.
He was defeated by Boris Miroshnichenko in 2019 but since then he has won ten consecutive bouts beating Pavel Masalski, Brunno Ferreira and Sedriques Dumas in his last three.
Fight card
Here is the UFC on ESPN 56 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN / ESPN+)
Derrick Lewis vs Rodrigo Nascimento
Joaquin Buckley vs Nursulton Ruziboev
Alonzo Menifield vs Carlos Ulberg
Carlos Diego Ferreira vs Mateusz Rebecki
Alex Caceres vs Sean Woodson
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Robelis Despaigne
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN / ESPN+)
Chase Hooper vs Viacheslav Borshchev
Esteban Ribovics vs Terrance McKinney
Tabatha Ricci vs Tecia Pennington
Billy Goff vs Trey Waters
Charles Johnson vs Jake Hadley
JJ Aldrich vs Veronica Hardy
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Joaquin Buckley vs Nursulton Ruziboev as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Result
Who won Buckley vs Ruziboev fight?
Joaquin Buckley defeated Nursulton Ruziboev via unanimous decision. Scores were 30–27, 30–26, 29–27.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC on ESPN 56 post-fight octagon interview of Joaquin Buckley and Nursulton Ruziboev.
