MORRISTOWN, N.J. – Joaquin Buckley will miss out on being a part of the UFC 328 pre-fight press conference.
Although he faces Sean Brady (18-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) on Saturday's main card (Paramount+) at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., the UFC opted to only feature the main and co-main event fighters in Thursday's press conference.
Buckley (21-7 MMA, 11-5 UFC) was asked how he felt when neither him or Brady were included.
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"That's a great question," Buckley told reporters, including MMA Junkie, at Wednesday's UFC 328 media day. "I feel like for me, that's where I should have been, and where I should be. But May 9, I've just got to show the world why I'm a superstar and why I'm a main event fighter."
Buckley saw his six-fight winning streak snapped by former championKamaru Usmanthis past June. Now that he's going up against another wrestler, he sought help from Usman himself by spending some time at Kill Cliff FC.
"The training has been good," Buckley said. "A lot of people are going to see all the things I learned from Usman, and from that fight, and the things I got to work on skill-wise when I was competing with him just in the gym. May 9, the world is going to know all the things that I worked on with Kamaru Usman."
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