Alex Morono vs Joaquin Buckley Picks and Prediction – 10/7/2023

On Saturday evening October 7th, Alex Morono squares off Joaquin Buckley in this Welterweight Fight. The bout will take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Morono is one-inch taller than Buckley, but will be at a 4-inch reach disadvantage. Morono is 4 years the senior of Buckley. Be ready for all the UFC fights with our UFC picks.

Joaquin Buckley comes into this bout with a fight record of 16-6-0 with 12 knockouts. Buckley has dropped 2 out of his last bouts, but did get a victory in his most recent fight. His two losses during that stretch came to Nassourdine Imavov by unanimous decision, and Chris Curtis via a second-round knockout. In his most recent outing, he picked up a great win by a second-round knockout kick of Andrew Fialho. Buckley took Fialho down twice and was winning the significant strikes category before the referee had to stop the fight. Joaquin "New Mansa" Buckley fights out of the Finney's HIT Squad camp.

Alex Morono has a fight record of 23-8-0 with 6 knockouts and 7 submissions. Morono has now won 5 out of his last 6 fights in the UFC. His only loss during that stretch came at the hands of Santiago Ponzinibbio via a third-round knockout. Half of those fights went the distance, so Morono has proven he has the stamina to go deep into the fight. Morono picked up an important win in his last fight when he submitted Tim Means in the second-round. He was probably losing that fight to Means before he got him in a guillotine choke. Alex "The Great White" Morono fights out of the Fortis MMA camp.