Rumored Rumored: UFC 317 - Buckley vs Usman

[Lawrence]

Buckley called out Usman back in december. Usman was not against it.

I think Usman will try to wrestle Buck and slow him down as much as possible, but I see Joaquin winning via late finish

Below you can see Usman discussing his ideal dance partners:

Buckley is flushing all the rank squatters who are circling the drain....

War Buckley !

 

[Lawrence]

Buckley on the old washed up fighters path to a titleshot?

Wonderboy
Covington
Now Usman?

These fucking rank squatters need to be vanquished to make room for fighters who are fun to watch and keep the division interesting.

That Buckley is almost single handedly doing the work should be seen as a Plus.

We all know that Buckley does not have the clout to pick his own opponents eh? So there is no need to talk shit about him accepting what is put in front of him.

He continues to win convincingly.

 

[Evbo]

I hope Buckley wins, i want another Murphy-esque celebration squeal from the top of the cage

 

[CrimsonFan]

I've been loving this career resurgence from Buckley since moving down to WW.

If you can erase the MW performances from your mind, Buckley is the most impressive WW right now. He's been beating the crap out of everyone they put in front of him.

At few fights ago I was saying how he could potentially win the belt if he got a shot. But at this point I'm thinking it's a real possibility. He matches up really well with Belal/Shavkat/Garry. He's shown good cardio, big power, much better TDD and especially offensive wrestling. Pretty sure he could just go takedown Usman at this point.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

I would like to see Buckley add that scalp

He would have KO’d Wonderboy, Colby, and now Usman if he can

 

[ToTheMax]

Just like Usman and Colby were beating all the same fighters when they were coming up, now fighters are gonna run through the both of them to reach the top.

Circle of life, baby!

 

[Tweak896]

Buckley takes this but nice matchup

 

[jeff7b9]

Buckley is on a smash the elderly tour and I am DOWN with it.

Fuck these old men clogging the pipeline to the title.

 

[Last Falconry]

if Buck's TDD and cardio hold up he can hang with anyone at 170. I'm a little leery of putting too much stock in the colby fight since colby is such a non-entity at this point but I'd probably pick him over usman at the moment