Rewatch the full fight between Chris Curtis and Joaquin Buckley ahead of Curtis’ main event matchup on Saturday. Tune in to the …
that is Chris Curtis in Black Walkin Buckley is in white here we go both of these guys essentially felt as though the other was a perfect opponent with whom to Showcase their skills so we’ll see who has the upper hand 39th Pro MMA fight for Chris Curtis said he’s coming up on close to 100 MMA fights if you includ his Curtis jab there by Curtis Curtis feels like he has seen wae Buckley before Buckley has not seen anything like him in his career Curtis is an excellent counter Striker particularly with his hooks and he’d like to catch waim being aggressive and waim is just a wild man I mean that imaba fight that third and final round when he was down the cards came out guns blazing and even though he lost that fight man he gained a lot of respect and a lot of fans and of course has the greatest highlight kick re maybe ever that one kick against Senai and Buckley is not afraid to get knocked out there’s definitely a fearlessness to his approach comes hard in all rounds Chris Curtis had something to say about that knockout he goes there’s a part of our brain that always like reminds us of like the exciting things that’s why we put so much on wae buckler because we keep thinking about that knockout and he goes well who else has he done something like that too and the guy had a lot to say man it was the most I’d heard from Chris Curtis in regards to like almost Trash Talk of an opponent but so far these men are showing a lot of respect to each other nice Left Hand by Curtis that was nasty and you see Buckley tries to get it back immediately and that is his nature I can’t believe Buckley took that that was [Music] clean Curtis is very good [Music] boxing nice jot by Curtis raising the guard there well he does a really good job of hiding behind that high guard if you’re Ro butley going to the Head might be a little bit difficult you might want start digging some shots to the body just like that Curtis really enjoyed his top Corner in R last weekend for his win over former opponent Jack Ranson also Curtis does a lot of sparring with Shan Strickland who is also phenomenal Striker and just has an incredible Pace good inside low kick might have went high if [Applause] did it’s a little accident you got some time [Applause] yeah Buckley was moving Lally but just watch him yeah you’re good yeah caught him on the cup you good watch your CS Jason Herzog all over it back underway just over two minutes to go round one looks good Buckley mixing up his attacks pretty well early good high kick there blocked by Curtis yeah Buckley’s doing a good job of mixing it up throwing some kicks at the right times not just boxing even though when things get a little crazy he’s more than willing to engage in that fight Curtis is talking to him now that Curtis jab starting to make its presence felt and it’s not super fast Jab he just puts it on he’s very accurate he’s got great timing with it there you [Applause] go good Counterattack by Curtis who certainly has a healthy respect for the power of Buckley coming his way little slip there by W Curtis is very good defense you’re really seeing how good he is at just rolling with things covering up getting slight out of range and then countered back even that right when B went to the body shot he just dro the both elbows tight bring the elbows to the inside never overextending and good job there attacking the inside low kick but Buckley’s doing a good job of just being really active because for as good as Curtis is being defensively he’s not throwing as much as Buckley is right now Dean Thomas what do he have here the Curtis it’s also exploiting a major deficiency in Buckley’s skill set he just puts his hands up and leaves him there that’s the perfect time to shoot a take down but he knows that Buckley won’t do it that’s a lack of skill in Buckley yes he’s got such a high guard if Buckley level changes he’ll be on the HP before Curtis can respond but again Buck’s putting a lot of activity out there to be judged Curtis isn’t throwing as much yeah Buckley has landed twice as many strikes and nearly thrown twice as many as he rips the body there late in the round oh a competitive first round as expected round two is coming up why round two is upon us that is Walkin Buckley in white Chris Curtis in Black you heard the Buckley Corner saying you can pick the activity up more but they want him to throw his shots a little bit more around the guard of Chris Curtis because it is so high it’s hard to come straight down the middle land and not get countered and Chris Curtis seems to be ramping up the pressure here here in the second round beautiful jab bris doing a good job of sliding out of range those shots and land that inside low kick as well the way Buckley darts in if Curtis just meets that pressure he maybe will land something very damaging but right now because he’s defensive Joe he’s having to stay on the defense so much he’s not able to counter and throw as evenly as buley throwing just be ready for the return good job reset reset there you go there well Buckley saw in the Jack Heron fight that Curtis had a difficulty with someone who fights on the outside with a lot of volume and he’s applying that in this fight Buckley answering that imperative with more volume here early round two and if you’re Buckley you want to just extend that combination a little bit you saw that last one he landed that punch at the end of his combination because Curtis does t the roll with his hands down good connection there by Curtis now he covers up under three and a half to go round two so much volume by stayer not really a big difference in the output yes he’s on Pace to throw 300 strikes that’s right don’t let him you got to go one the buck corner is yelling don’t let him set his feet they want him to just really make him work the entire time hey London London there is R to the body by Buckley the beautiful right hook to the body I’d love to see Buckley do that a little bit more after he goes up top level changing and dig those body shots like he just did I know what I now oh nice sequence for walk buffer Curtis goes high and lands keep going there you go put him on his heels put him on his heels Curtis can’t just stand there while Buckley’s doing that he can’t allow him to get off like this big right hand huge hor appear for a second the man Chris ctis Buckley wow knew that all he needed was a few to hurt him wow he knew he could hurt him that is going to sting deep into next week for Buckley the king of combat Chris Curtis coming up huge tonight he found his spot and boy did he land well look at this the kick comes boom he catches him with a perfect left hand Buckley in all sorts of trouble let’s take a look again from the kick boom I mean perfect left hand that landed much better than I thought initially I thought he might have tripped no it’s clean and that was clean he puts him down and he jumps on him Buckley still here and then watch here his head bounces it’s over when his arms go back like that it was done Curtis goes back lands a few more ladies and gentlemen referee Jason Herzog has called a stop to this contest at 2 minutes 4 49 seconds of round number two declaring the winner by knockout Chris [Music] [Applause] action