Kamaru Usman returned to the Win Column on Saturday night at the main event of UFC Fight Knight in Atlanta, Ga, Joquin Bakle 49-46, 49–46, 48-47 unanimously decided.
“Those knockouts will come,” Usman said after the victory. “I just needed to bring that monkey from my back.”
The first two rounds of the headline welterweight attraction picked Usman (21-4 MMA) equal to a shutout, spontaneously took down Bakle (21-7 MMA) and storned a 16–0 significant strike class from 16–0, native to St. Louis using his ground-end-pound.
Round 3 started a strong for Bakle as he found his striking limit, before Usman found his third takedown in four attempts. The former champion placed the Bakle there for the last two minutes, achieving the mount position for some time as the seconds were lasting.
Round 4 was primarily on the feet, as Bakle found his best combinations of the fight, but could not finish the return. Usman took the Bakle down again, leading to the back mount position with the end of the round.
Round 5 saw both men doing business, but very little for Bakle, it was too late, who had six-fighters unbeaten. This was Usman’s first win since holding the title in November 2021.
Bakle was adorned in necklace, suffering his first loss in Welterweight.
“We are just starting, children,” said Bakle. “We will come back.”
The co-main program also required a card, as the previous two-time strawweight champion Rose Namazunas decided on Miranda Mavric’s 30-27, 30–27, 29-28 on a highly competitive unanimous unanimous unanimous unanimous. Namazunas (15–7 MMA) abolished adverseness, presented by Arm-Triangle in approximately round 2. Namjunas has won three of his last four. She still looks for a belt in another division, this time in flyweight. Maverick (17-6 MMA) dating on July 2023, while dating four-fight streaks.
A recurring topic continued: Middleweight Adman Shahabzan almost unanimously abolished the TKO, a third-round student Andre Petroski, with the third round TKO before leaving with a unanimous decision, 30–27, 30–27, 29-28. This victory marked Shahabzan’s first stretch of Shahabzan’s back-to-back win since 2019, winning his first decision after 2018. Shahabzan (15–5 MMA) had some difficulty in controlling the native of Pennsylvania in Petrosci (13–5 MMA) in all aspects, who lost in their last three battles.
Former UFC Banomweight Champion Kodi Garbrand fell down against Runi Barcelos in connection with a unanimous decision, 29–28, 29–28, 29-28. Barcelos (20–5 MMA) won three consecutive consecutives, as Garabrand (14–7 MMA), who won the title in December 2016, won only three of their last 20 performances. Barcellos achieved almost the third round rear-naked choke, but Garbrand was able to close it before unloading some strikes to close the fight.
In Middleweight Action, Mansoor Abdul-Malik took a technical decision on Kodi Bundage 30–27, 29–28, 29-28. Abdul-Malik had a third round TKO 36 seconds, but an accidental skirmish of the head changed the direction of the fight, thus the judges needed to intervene. Abdul-Malik (9–0 MMA) increased by 3–0 in promotion, while Bundage (11–7 MMA) in UFC fell below .500 and still looks for his first string of back-to-back win in about three years.
The UFC began with the Atlanta main card Alonjo Manifild, which makes a unanimous decision on Omar CU in a light heavyweight bout, 29–28, 29–28, 29-28. Menifield (17–5–1 MMA) assigned its first MMA loss to Sy (11–1 MMA), which took away the two-fight UFC stents since its debut in May. Meanwhile, Mainfield has won two directly.
UFC’s schedule becomes international in Azerbaijan with a fight night installment in a week from Saturday, which comes into headlines by a light heavyweight non-championship five-rounder between former champions Jamal Hill (12-3 MMA) and pre-pronouncement challenger Khalil Raunior Junior (14-6 MMA).
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