Drake Riggs

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Drake Riggs

ATLANTA — Kamaru Usman is back, just as if he never left. The former UFC welterweight champion strolled into the UFC Atlanta on Saturday on the heels of a career-long 20-month layoff and three-fight losing skid that dated back to 2022. Yet tasked with surging top contender Joaquin Buckley, Usman showed no signs of slowing down at age 38, winning a one-sided unanimous decision. AdvertisementSpeaking after the win, Usman described the performance as his "y'all must have forgot" moment.

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Drake Riggs

Uncrowned has UFC Atlanta live results, round-by-round updates, start time and highlights for the Kamaru Usman vs. Joaquin Buckley fight card on Saturday night at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Former UFC welterweight champion Usman faces off against red-hot contender Buckley in the night's five-round main event, while former two-time UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas continues her climb up the flyweight ranks against Miranda Maverick in the co-headliner.

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Drake Riggs

ATLANTA — Rose Namajunas became infamous for telling the world during her UFC title runs — and more importantly, telling herself — that she’s the best. To say it is one thing, though. To do it is another. AdvertisementYet Namajunas’ résumé speaks for itself, especially in the strawweight division, where she made history in 2021 as the first woman to become a two-time UFC champion.

2 weeks ago | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Drake Riggs

Kamaru Usman is back and ready to make one final run to the welterweight title. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)ATLANTA — The last time the UFC visited the state of Georgia, for 2019's UFC 236 pay-per-view, the world witnessed two of the greatest fights of all time — back-to-back. That's a big ask to replicate for UFC Atlanta this Saturday.

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Drake Riggs

Aljamain Sterling wasn't surprised by anything he saw at UFC 316 between Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O'Malley. Similar to Dvalishvili's first clash with O'Malley this past September, Sterling played a key role in helping the UFC's reigning bantamweight champion prepare for his latest title defense.