Kamaru Usman ended a nearly four-year winless drought Saturday against Joaquin Buckley in the UFC on ESPN 69 main event.
Former long-time welterweight champion Usman (21-4 MMA, 16-3 UFC) snapped a three-fight winless skid with a unanimous decision victory over the red-hot Buckley (22-7 MMA, 11-5 UFC) in the headlining bout at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
Check below for the top X (formerly Twitter) reactions to Usman beating Buckley at UFC on ESPN 69.
Usman shoots!!!!! Buckley posting to keep off the canvas!!!! That strength man, but Usman drags him back and finishes the takedown!!!!! #UFCAtlanta
— Cageside Press (@Cagesidepress) June 15, 2025
Knees still work 👀
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) June 15, 2025
Absolutely nothing from Buckley off his back
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) June 15, 2025
People don’t realize how difficult, and how much energy you will have to expend getting off bottom. It’s a sprint to scramble. Dominant round for Usman #UFCAtlanta
— Jake Ellenberger (@EllenbergerMMA) June 15, 2025
Whoa rough first rd for Buck!
— Claressa Gwoat Shields (@Claressashields) June 15, 2025
Buckley looks lost down there
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) June 15, 2025
Now Usmans feints are gonna kill buck he’s gonna be thinking about the takedown
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) June 15, 2025
Usman’s skills and fight iq is ageless !
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) June 15, 2025
Just how bad is Colby now. Good lord, Buckley is helpless
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) June 15, 2025
All the wrestling we’ve seen in Buckley’s previous fights seem nonexistent tonight. #UFCAtlanta
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) June 15, 2025
The biggest issue Buckley is having is the Usman Pressure. He is having no success trying to lead and control center. Kamaru keeps him going backwards. Ideal start for the former champion! #UFCAtlanta
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) June 15, 2025
30-27 Usman. Dominant performance through three.
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) June 15, 2025
Wow, Usman is just absolutely dominant, 30-26 and looking like he is in peak championship form. #UFCAtlanta
— Kevin Iole (@KevinI) June 15, 2025
Usmans breaks him if he takes him down one more time I think
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) June 15, 2025
3 rounds in and @USMAN84kg isnt even breathing hard!! 2 years off means nothing when you stay in the gym! 2 more rounds to stay tight.#UFCAtlanta
— Corey ‘Overtime’ Anderson (@CoreyA_MMA) June 15, 2025
Them darn wrestlers
— Kevin Holland (@Trailblaze2top) June 15, 2025
One of the best Kamaru Usman performances we have seen in a long time!
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) June 15, 2025
U better call kamikazee it’s def time to try everything
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) June 15, 2025
Usman needs to keep his hands tight and stop reaching for Buckleys head after flurries..#UFCAtlanta
— Corey ‘Overtime’ Anderson (@CoreyA_MMA) June 15, 2025
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Buckley needs to go NOW. He fires on Usman forcing the former champ to circle out.
BIG shots from both men. #UFCAtlanta
— Cageside Press (@Cagesidepress) June 15, 2025
Buckley so tons of heart usman was just to szn in game mixed up very well
— Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155) June 15, 2025
Usman stayed awake and will win this fight by unanimous decision. But if Usman thinks he gets a title shot off of this? Nah. He’s gotta fight Shavkat, Belal, Brady or Ian Machado Garry next before we can talk about a title shot.
— Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) June 15, 2025
Usman wrestling is so strong. Buckley had his moments in the 5th but the wrestling got it done! Congrats legend @USMAN84kg #UFCAtlanta
— Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) June 15, 2025
MOST WELTERWEIGHT WINS – UFC History
22 – Neil Magny
19 – Georges St-Pierre
17 – Matt Hughes
17 – Matt Brown
16 – Kamaru Usman
16 – Vicente Luque#UFCAtlanta— Michael Carroll (@MJCflipdascript) June 15, 2025
Congrats see you soon
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) June 15, 2025
Great performance by Usman ! Buckley looked great just has to work on his wrestling. Always dangerous
— Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) June 15, 2025
