Kamaru Usman climbed again into the win column with a dominant choice victory over Joaquin Buckley within the UFC Atlanta headliner on Saturday night time.
Buckley got here out swinging early, which allowed Usman to vary ranges within the opening minute, securing a double-leg takedown in opposition to the fence. Usman managed to chop Buckley open with an elbow and managed the complete spherical in prime management.
The second verse was the identical as the primary, with Usman as soon as once more taking down Buckley and controlling the motion for a majority of the stanza. Buckley seemingly had no reply as soon as The ‘Nigerian Nightmare’ had his again to the mat.
Buckley appeared to land some strong strikes within the third, together with a crisp left hook that clipped Usman. Nevertheless, that prompted Usman to shoot for one more takedown, dragging ‘New Mansa’ to the mat and sure banking a 3rd straight spherical with regular strikes on the bottom.
Buckley managed to remain upright for half of the fourth spherical, touchdown some strong strikes within the course of, however his success didn’t final lengthy. With two minutes to go, Usman shot in for a double-leg and planted Buckley on the canvas as soon as once more. Buckley was unable to struggle his approach again up earlier than the tip of the spherical, possible giving him 5 minutes to drag off a end.
Official Consequence: Kamaru Usman def. Joaquin Buckley by way of unanimous choice (49-46, 49-46, 48-47)
