Following his latest KO win over Andre Fialho, UFC middleweight fighter Joaquin Buckley requested Logan Paul to sponsor him. At 4:15 in the second round, Buckley caught Fialho with a vicious head kick and flattened the same on the ground. Following his 23rd victory inside the octagon, the 29-year-old sent a message to Logan Paul while stating how the latter’s “PRIME sh*t” was “all over the place“.
This was Buckley’s first fight since he last fought in December 2022. Buckley arrived with a KO loss against Chris Curtis and stole the show against Andre Fihaldo. After the referee stopped the bout, Buckley climbed the cage and celebrated. Following his celebration, at the octagon interview, he mentioned the name of ‘The Maverick’ and observed PRIME’s commercial success.
Joaquin Buckley asks Logan Paul for sponsorship after his latest win
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Buckley had a game plan going into the mentioned fight. He understood that Andre Fialho was a “dangerous dog“. In his opinion, when he survived the first round, he was in his playground and directing his own “movie“. Following the win, speaking to Michael Bisping at the octagon interview, ‘New Mansa’ said, “Logan Paul, you got your PRIME sh*t all over the place. Sponsor [an] athlete from the UFC, fool. Come on, bro. Get your boy ‘New Mansa” in the building, get it.” ‘The Maverick’ soon took notice of the request by Buckley and speculated over the same on his Instagram account.
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Taking to Instagram, in one of his Stories, Logan Paul, who commemorated a special year with his girlfriend, shared a brief clip of ‘New Mansa’ calling him out. In three words, ‘The Maverick’ said, “Sponsor an athlete?” Anyway, after the octagon interview, Buckley spoke to ESPN MMA and explained how he felt after the KO victory. “I’m feeling great, you know. I put a lot of pressure on myself. So, now to be able to explode and really go out there and give my all in this fight, I feel amazing,” he said. In his view, this fight witnessed “A rebirth.” And speaking about what is next for him, he said, “The next in the franchise is getting another fight, obviously. If anybody is down to fight Buck, let’s get it.”
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