Buckley Acosta
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
W2
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Newberry Springs, California
- Born
- United States
- Weight class
- Heavyweight
- Height
- 6'1" · 185 cm
Before the UFC
Buckley Acosta makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
183-103-1
.640 win rate
Winning-record opponents
9 of 14
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
17
14 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 17 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 3 subKOTC · Gladiator Challenge · GC 87 · XCC 6 · PFC 7 +3
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Salvador Gutierrez | KO/TKO | Submission to Punches | R2 | 2:46 | Gladiator Challenge | Dec 14, 2019 |
| W | Chuck Diesel | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R1 | 0:33 | Gladiator Challenge | Sep 28, 2019 |
| L | Mario Bacso6-0 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 1:24 | Gladiator Challenge | Mar 23, 2019 |
| L | Virgil Zwicker17-9-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:59 | Gladiator Challenge | Apr 23, 2009 |
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:50 | GC 87 | Nov 22, 2008 | |
| L | Steve Grode | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 2:21 | KOTC | Apr 19, 2008 |
| L | Ryan Bader31-8 | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R1 | 0:47 | XCC 6 | Apr 5, 2008 |
| L | Glover Teixeira33-9 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:00 | PFC 7 | Mar 20, 2008 |
| W | Hank Douley1-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 0:30 | BG | Dec 15, 2007 |
| L | Christian Grosinsky2-0 | Disqualification | — | R2 | 4:28 | KOTC | May 26, 2007 |
| W | Tim Alberty0-5 | Submission | Punches | R1 | 1:18 | KOTC | Dec 1, 2006 |
| W | Edgar Cruz2-3 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:30 | KOTC | Oct 13, 2006 |
| W | Jeremy Freitag6-10 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:47 | GC 51 | Jul 1, 2006 |
| L | Paul Mince5-4 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:49 | GC 50 | May 21, 2006 |
| L | Jacob Chagolla6-3 | Decision | — | R2 | 5:00 | KOTC | Mar 19, 2006 |
| L | Edwin Dewees38-17 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 0:57 | KOTC | Jan 21, 2006 |
| W | Aaron Brink29-27 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 0:10 | KOTC | Dec 2, 2005 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.