The UFC is headed again to Atlanta, Georgia, and UFC CEO Dana White has introduced the primary and co-main occasion.
Taking to Instagram Dwell, White introduced that the primary occasion of the cardboard will see former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman taking over Joaquin Buckley. The occasion will happen on June 14 at State Farm Enviornment in Atlanta, Georgia.
Kamaru Usman (20-4) hasn’t fought since October 2023, when he suffered a majority choice loss to Khamzat Chimaev at middleweight, in a battle he took on brief discover. Earlier than that, Usman suffered a majority choice loss to Leon Edwards after being knocked out by the Brit to lose his welterweight title.
Kamaru Usman is ranked fourth at welterweight and is the previous champ. He defended the title 5 occasions with notable wins over Colby Covington twice, Jorge Masvidal twice, and Gilbert Burns.
Joaquin Buckley (21-6), in the meantime, is ranked sixth at welterweight and is coming off a TKO win over Covington. Since dropping right down to welterweight, Buckley is 6-0 with wins over Stephen Thompson and Vicente Luque, amongst others.
The co-main occasion of UFC Atlanta is a ladies’s flyweight bout as Rose Namajunas takes on Miranda Maverick.
Rose Namajunas (13-7) is coming off a choice loss to Erin Blanchfield again in November. That setback snapped Namajunas’ two-fight profitable streak, as she had beforehand earned victories over Tracy Cortez and Amanda Ribas. Namajunas is ranked sixth at flyweight. Since shifting as much as 125lbs, the previous strawweight champ is 2-2.
Miranda Maverick (15-5), in the meantime, is coming off a choice win over Jamey-Lyn Horth again in December. Maverick is 8-3 within the UFC and is using a four-fight profitable streak. She’s ranked twelfth at flyweight. Within the UFC, she has notable wins over Gillian Robertson, Andrea Lee, and Priscila Cachoeira.
