Joaquin Buckley lastly met up together with his movie star lookalike Ernie Hudson as he accomplished his preparations for this weekend’s UFC battle.
‘New Mansa’ is about to face Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson on Saturday evening at UFC 307, and has arrived in Salt Lake Metropolis to complete off his coaching camp. Buckley took in a current conference in Utah, and managed to run into a person that has been dubbed his ‘dad’; Ghostbusters star Hudson.
And whereas he’s all in on preventing, he joked that he could possibly be set for a job within the subsequent Ghostbusters film given his resemblance to the famed actor.
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Rampage Jackson tells Joaquin Buckley that his father could possibly be Ernie Hudson
Rising up in St Louis, Missouri, Joaquin Buckley was raised by his mom whereas his father was out of his life. He has since met together with his dad as an grownup, however he has been comparatively guarded about his household scenario.
However throughout an look on the JAXXON podcast with Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, the legendary former UFC champion joked that his father could possibly be Hollywood sensation Hudson, who famously starred in Ghostbusters and The Basketball Diaries.
“Have you ever ever met your dad,” Jackson requested, to which Buckley replied that he had, however that they had by no means taken a photograph collectively. “I ain’t going to lie, bro, I believed your dad was that n***** from Ghostbusters, man, you look identical to that motherf***er.”
Buckley obtained in on the joke, laughing together with co-hosts Bear Degidio and former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold earlier than noting that “all people say I appear to be a 80s character anyway.”
Joaquin Buckley claims he may star in Ghostbusters after Ernie Hudson assembly
After that podcast look, Buckley took the joke one step additional, heading to some type of movie conference in Utah to fulfill Hudson himself. The pair got here face-to-face and filmed a quick video the place the actor joked that Buckley could possibly be his son.
“Y’all see the resemblance?” Buckley requested the digital camera, to which Hudson replied: “Yeah, hey man, that is my, I don’t wish to say my son,” The welterweight then joked that if he’s his son, that the “Ghostbusters test goes to be loopy.”
“You assume I may play the subsequent Ghostbusters character?” Buckley then requested, to which Hudson replied that each one he needed to do was “form up” and that he would in any other case be prepared. He then requested followers once more “Might this be my daddy?”
Followers within the feedback have been in hysterics, with Jackson replying “That’s your daddy fam”. One other added that “If that ain’t your daddy, then I don’t know what occurred.”
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