Joaquin Buckley skipped the customary handshake with Dana White at the UFC Edmonton weigh-ins, a moment that quickly spread online after fans noticed him also blow off every interview question backstage. A thread on r/MMA picked up on the snub, pointing to Buckley ignoring the reporter entirely once he got to the back.

Dana White didn't let it slide. sports.yahoo.com reports White joked, "As soon as he lost, I told Hunter cut him," needling Buckley over the cold shoulder right after the result went against him. MiddleEasy reported separately that White downplayed any real issue, saying he has no problem with Buckley despite the awkward faceoff.

The fight itself did not go Buckley's way. He lost to Mike Malott by knockout in the second round at UFC Edmonton, which took place on October 17, a finish that snaps a step back for a guy who entered the night ranked eighth at welterweight. Our Elo model has Buckley sitting at 1564 across nine tracked bouts, a number that will take a hit after dropping this one in finishing fashion.

Whether the snub was genuine frustration or just Buckley being Buckley, White's jab suggests he's not losing sleep over it, even as a joke about cutting someone tends to get repeated louder than it was meant. For Buckley, the bigger story is the result itself. A knockout loss at 8 in a crowded welterweight pack invites questions about where he goes next, and White's public ribbing, cut or not, keeps Buckley's name in the conversation heading into whatever comes after Edmonton.

Malott, for his part, gets the kind of finish that tends to open doors fast in a stacked 170 pound division, while Buckley will need to answer this one with his fists rather than his hands at the podium.