UFC star Joaquin Buckley has admitted that he feels humiliated in the wake of his loss to Kamaru Usman last weekend.
As we know, Joaquin Buckley fell short in his attempt to defeat former UFC champion Kamaru Usman last Saturday night. In the main event of UFC Atlanta, Usman was able to control Joaquin for most of the fight before getting his hand raised on the scorecards.
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With that being said, Buckley did have a positive fifth round. He stuffed a lot of takedown attempts and even had success on the feet, leading many to wonder why he didn’t try and implement that strategy beforehand.
In a recent video on his YouTube channel, Buckley really opened up on how he’s feeling post-defeat.
Buckley opens up regarding Usman loss
“Every round he took me down, kept me there,” Buckley said of Usman on his YouTube channel. “I couldn’t get back up to my feet. I’m looking at Mike Beltran, like, ‘Bro, stand us up at least one time, let me get back up to my feet.’ I’m not going to lie to y’all, I feel so embarrassed because of that loss.
“I feel so humiliated because of that loss. But at the same time, I’ve got to bow my head. Usman showed me who he was – truthfully, bro. I’ve really just got to understand that as many excuses that I can make about this fight, and why it didn’t go my way because X, Y, Z – it don’t matter. That night, it really showed it’s levels to this game.”
“That was the first time I went into a fight, and I didn’t have that kill or be killed mentality, and that’s what kind of led to my downfall,” Buckley said. “I’m looking at pretty much the next move, and how big and how massive we’re going to become.
“This is our show-out moment, and it’s OK to have that type of mentality, but you’ve got to always remember it’s just another fight. With that being said, he had that key mentality. He was aware of the threat that was in front of him, I wasn’t, and I wasn’t aware of that threat until the fifth round, and that’s when I knew I had to turn it on.”
Quotes via MMA Junkie
