UFC Atlanta: Kamaru Usman vs. Joaquin Buckley: Full results

UFC Atlanta is in the books. The Fight Night event took place on June 14 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, featuring 13 fights across six weight classes. This article recaps the fights and explores the UFC Atlanta full results.

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Main event: Welterweight - Kamaru Usman vs. Joaquin Buckley

In the main event, former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman returned to competition to face surging contender Joaquin Buckley.

Through the first two rounds, Usman controlled Buckley with strong positional control and ground-and-pound strikes, opening a cut above his right eyelid.

Buckley opened up with strikes after the midway point and his cardio held up despite getting controlled on the ground for long stretches. He also landed a few good strikes in the stand-up, but his takedown defence could not hold up. Usman continued to assert dominance on the ground, accumulating control time and ground strikes.

Buckey defended the takedowns in the final round and landed several stinging shots. However, Usman remained defensively responsible and negated any possibility of a come-from-behind win for Buckley.

All three judges scored the contest in Usman's favor, declaring him the winner by unanimous decision. (49-46 X 2, 48-47)

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UFC Atlanta: Kamaru Usman vs. Joaquin Buckley: Main card results

In the co-main event, former two-time women's strawweight champion Rose Namajunas defeated Miranda Maverick by unanimous decision. Namajunas had success in Round 1, but Maverick answered with strong grappling in the middle round.

The former champion was able to convincingly win an already dominant final round, as Maverick appeared to have injured her leg and accepted the bottom position for the second half of the round.

After witnessing mixed success over the last few years, Edmen Shahbazyan scored his second consecutive win at UFC Atlanta, defeating Andre Petroski by unanimous decision, displaying improved conditioning and ability to dictate the pace.

Veteran fighter Raoni Barcelos scored the most high-profile win of his career as he defeated former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt by unanimous decision. Garbrandt was off to a good start, but Barcelos slowly took over, displaying effective striking at different ranges and strong grappling.

Middleweight contender Mansur Abdul-Malik defeated Cody Brundage by technical decision. Abdul-Malik dominated the first two rounds and finished him in Round 3 after swarming with punches. Tape study revealed an accidental clash of heads as the reason for the knockdown, and the round was scored instead of the fight being ruled as a finish.

In the main card opening bout, Alonzo Menifield outpointed Oumar Sly en route to a unanimous decision win.

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UFC Atlanta: Kamaru Usman vs. Joaquin Buckley: Preliminary card results

The preliminary card headlining bout between Paul Craig and Rodolfo Bellato ended in a No-Contest due to an illegal upkick from Craig. However, the MMA community criticized Bellato for allegedly faking a knockout from the accidental illegal blow.

Grappling ace Michael Chiesa extended his win streak to three with a unanimous decision victory against Court McGee at UFC Atlanta, using his reach to land the more effective strikes.

Malcolm Wellmaker, the biggest betting favorite of the event, delivered a devastating right hook that instantly knocked out returning Kris Moutinho in Round 1. Moutinho's return to the UFC was highly anticipated due to his gritty UFC 264 performance against Sean O'Malley.

Phil Rowe and Jose Ochoa secured knockout wins over Ange Loosa and Cody Dyrden, respectively. Meanwhile, Ricky Simon defeated Cameron Smotherman by unanimous decision in the bantamweight division.

In the first fight of the night, Jamey-Lyn Horth defeated Vanessa Demopoulos by unanimous decision.

Check out the UFC Atlanta full results below:

Main card

Main event: Welterweight - Kamaru Usman def. Joaquin Buckley by unanimous decision (49-46 X 2, 48-47)

Women's flyweight - Rose Namajunas def. Miranda Maverick by unanimous decision (30-27 X 2, 29-28)

Middleweight - Edmen Shahbazyan def. Andre Petroski by unanimous decision (30-27 X 2, 29-28)

Bantamweight - Raoni Barcelos def. Cody Garbrandt by unanimous decision (29-28 X 3)

Middleweight - Mansur Abdul-Malik def. Cody Brundage by technical decision (29-28 X 3)

Light heavyweight - Alonzo Menifield def. Oumar Sy by unanimous decision (29-28 X 3)

Preliminary card

Light heavyweight - Rodolfo Bellato vs. Paul Craig ends in a No Contest (Illegal upkick by Craig) (R1, 4:58)

Welterweight - Michael Chiesa def. Court McGee by unanimous decision (30-27 X 2, 29-28)

Bantamweight - Malcolm Wellmaker def. Kris Moutinho by KO (R1, 2:37)

Flyweight - Jose Ochoa def. Cody Durden by KO (R2, 0:11)

Bantamweight - Ricky Simon def. Cameron Smotherman by unanimous decision (30-27 X 2, 29-28)

Welterweight - Phil Rowe def. Ange Loosa by T/KO (R3, 4:03)

Women's flyweight - Jamey-Lyn Horth def. Vanessa Demopoulos by unanimous decision (30-27 X 3)