Joaquin Buckley brings a confidence check to ESPN MMA

Brett Okamoto's Edmonton preview joins Brendan Allen's submission highlights and a Hasbulla water-toss clip.

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'My confidence is higher than it's ever been' - Joaquin Buckley heading into next fight | ESPN MMA

Joaquin Buckley has a clear message for Brett Okamoto: his confidence has never been higher. Their interview ahead of Buckley's UFC Fight Night matchup with Mike Malott in Edmonton was ESPN MMA's most-watched new upload, drawing roughly 11,000 views.

The title, "'My confidence is higher than it's ever been' - Joaquin Buckley heading into next fight | ESPN MMA", puts his self-belief front and center. The conversation underneath takes a more technical turn: commenters question his approach to wrestling and getting back up after takedowns. Others look back to his performance against Colby Covington as the version of Buckley they want to see again.

ESPN MMA posted three times over the week. Alongside the interview came "UFC Fight Night: Brendan Allen vs. Christian Leroy Duncan HIGHLIGHTS | ESPN MMA", showing Allen's submission victory in the middleweight main event, with footage courtesy of Paramount. The lighter offering was "The way Hasbulla tossed his water 😭", which is currently drawing views faster than either of those new fight-focused uploads.

Across the channel, daily viewing is running at a little over half its usual pace, while subscribers were unchanged over the week. Nearby in the combat-sports neighborhood, ALL THE SMOKE FIGHT is close to its normal daily viewing and WWE Vault is somewhat above its own.

The busiest individual upload remains the emoji-titled clip credited to tanquinhojj/IG that featured in our earlier note. It has now passed half a million views, giving that almost wordless post a longer life than its tiny title might suggest.

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The videos drawing views on ESPN MMA right now

The way Hasbulla tossed his water 😭7,723 views · 2026-10-15 UFC Fight Night: Brendan Allen vs. Christian Leroy Duncan HIGHLIGHTS …4,854 views · 2026-10-13 🤩🤩🤩 (via tanquinhojj/IG)502,539 views Imavov and Strickland outside the UFC PI 😳 (via champrds/TT)90,590 views

The numbers

Here is ESPN MMA's week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

WWE Vault

29,386,101

Nat Hearn

21,692,106

Steven Strangles People

11,477,717

WWE Music

5,002,331

Mighty

2,777,593

ESPN MMA

1,441,668

FREESTYLEBENDER

1,012,516

ALL THE SMOKE FIGHT

967,699

Sky Sports Boxing

890,642

subscribers

2,520,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

3,126,250,122

views per day

170,871

typical day: 319,067

first-day views of each video posted this week

'My confidence is higher than it's ever…

8,264

The way Hasbulla tossed his water 😭

5,512

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

WWE Vault

4,400,000

Nat Hearn

2,950,000

ESPN MMA

2,520,000

ALL THE SMOKE FIGHT

1,940,000

Steven Strangles People

1,870,000

Mighty

1,860,000

WWE Music

1,770,000

Sky Sports Boxing

1,500,000

FREESTYLEBENDER

1,360,000

As of October 18, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.