Joaquin Buckley vs. Alex Morono Set for UFC Fight Night 229 on Oct. 7

Joaquin Buckley will lock horns with Alex Morono in a welterweight tilt at UFC Fight Night 229 on Oct. 7.

MMAjunkie.com was first to confirm the pairing after the bout appeared on the event page for promotion broadcast partner ESPN. UFC Fight Night 229 takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a lightweight showdown pitting Grant Dawson against Bobby Green.

Buckley snapped a two-bout skid in his first outing of 2023, as he scored a second-round technical knockout victory against Andre Fialho at UFC Fight Night 223 on May 23. “New Mansa” is 6-4 during his tenure with the promotion and 16-6 as a professional overall, with 12 of those wins coming via KO or TKO.

Morono, an 18-time Octagon veteran, has been victorious in five of his last six UFC appearances. Most recently, the Fortis MMA product submitted Tim Means in the second round of their encounter UFC on ABC 4 on May 13.