On To The Next One: How Close Is Kamaru Usman To A Title Shot After UFC Atlanta?

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 15 June 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Kamaru Usman reminded everyone why he’s considered one of the greatest welterweights of all time. The UFC Atlanta main event ended with Usman’s hand raised high after a vintage performance against top 10 contender Joaquin Buckley. It had been over 800 days since Usman competed at 170 pounds and it didn’t look like he missed a beat as he grounded Buckley for the better part of five rounds en route to a unanimous decision win. So where does the former champion go from here? On an all-new edition of On To the Next One, join MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee as they discuss whether Usman has any other option besides the most glaringly obvious one for his next fight, and where fellow former champion Rose Namajunas goes after holding onto her spot in the flyweight contender line with an impressive win over the streaking Miranda Maverick. Plus, we make matchups for main card winners Edmen Shahbazyan, Raoni Barcelos, Mansur Abdul-Malik, and Alonzo Menifield. All that and the usual fine collection of listener picks. Follow Mike Heck: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@m_heckjr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Alexander K. Lee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AlexanderKLee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/dYpsgH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our full video catalog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/u8VvLi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our playlists:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/eFhsvM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like MMAF on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/nOATUI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read More: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:26.5	Reward restrictions requirements and T's and Cs apply.
0:29.0	Take time to think.
0:30.9	You're listening to the next one.
0:56.9	The matchmaking crowns are back following a UFC Atlanta card that I had a double check that it actually ended.
1:05.6	And it did.
1:06.5	It did.
1:07.4	And it ended with Kamara Usman, the former UFC Walterway champion, returning to the Octagon for the first time in almost two years and gets a victory. It's been a long time since we have been able to say those words. But Usman went back inside the UFC's Hallad Octagon, a vintage Ousman performance,
1:27.9	lopsided decision win against Joaquin Buckley in a fight that, in all honesty,
1:32.7	was not all that competitive until the fifth round.
1:35.8	And we'll discuss what is next for, Kamara Ousman,
1:37.9	and some of the other notable names and big winners from the UFC's return to the ATL.
1:44.3	I am Mike Heck and joining me to do exactly that.
1:47.5	The co-host, the co-matchmaker, the Prince of Positivity, and my best friend,
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