Joaquin Buckley VS Mike Malott

Mike Malott stopped Joaquin Buckley by TKO (knee) at 2:32 of round two to win the main event at UFC Fight Night in Edmonton on October 17, 2026. Malott controlled the first round with body kicks, jabs, and low kicks, keeping Buckley's forward pressure in check. In round two, following a clinch battle along the cage where Malott landed several knees, Buckley broke free and walked into a hard knee from Malott that dropped him, with the referee waving it off moments later. The win was Malott's fifth consecutive victory and left Buckley on a three-fight losing streak.

Joaquin Buckley enters a critical crossroads at welterweight after back-to-back losses to Sean Brady and Kamaru Usman, while Mike Malott rides a four-fight winning streak — capped by a third-round TKO of former champion Gilbert Burns — into a Rogers Place homecoming. Both men sit in the 9-12 range of the UFC rankings, and a decisive win here could push either fighter into a top-five conversation in one of MMA's deepest and most competitive divisions.