UFC Fight Night Usman vs. Buckley Main Card Betting Analysis & Preview (06/14/2025)

UFC Fight Night Usman vs. Buckley Main Card Betting Analysis & Preview (06-14-2025)

Saturday night, from Atlanta, UFC Betting will be red hot at the State Farm Arena. To illustrate, the main card features five ranked combatants and two ranked matchups. In sum, Fight Night has six fights on the main card. The main event is the welterweight bout between Kamaru Usman and Joaquin Buckley. Also on the marquee is the women’s flyweight bout between Rose Namajunas and Miranda Maverick. Betting action is already hot and will be heavy on Saturday night. ESPN and ESPN+ will provide coverage of one of the year’s most prestigious events.

UFC Fight Night Usman vs. Buckley Main Card

Date and Time:Saturday, June 14, 2025, 10 p.m. ET
Location:State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA
TV Coverage:ESPN and ESPN+

Welterweight Bout

FighterOdds
Kamaru Usman+215
Joaquin Buckey-265

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Kamaru Usman has a career sportsbook record of 20-4. In comparison, Joaquin Buckley stands at 21-6 for his career.

Kamaru Usman is best known as a former UFC welterweight champion. However, he has not been in championship form these days. To show, Usman has lost his three most recent bouts.

Last time out for Usman was a majority decision loss to Khamzat Chimaev on October 21, 2023, in Abu Dhabi. On March 18, 2023, Usman lost a majority decision to Leon Edwards in London, England. That fight was for the UFC welterweight championship. Previously, on August 20, 2022, Usman suffered a 5th-round knockout loss to Leon Edwards in Salt Lake City. With that loss, Usman lost his UFC welterweight championship belt.

Initially, Usman won the UFC welterweight championship by unanimous decision on March 2, 2019, against Tyron Woodley. That fight took place in Las Vegas, Nevada. Usman successfully defended his championship five times. He defeated Colby Covington, Jorge Masvidal, and Gilbert Burns for a second time.

Late on Joaquin Buckley has won six consecutive bouts. He is coming off a 3rd round TKO win over Colby Covington on December 14, 2024, in Tampa, FL. Previously, on October 5, 2024, Buckley won a 3rd round knockout against Stephen Thompson in Salt Lake City. On May 11, 2024, Buckley won a unanimous decision against Nursulton Ruziboev in St. Louis, MO. On March 30, 2024, Buckley won a 2nd round TKO against Vicente Luque in Atlantic City, NJ.

Women’s Flyweight Bout

FighterOdds
Rose Namajunas-275
Miranda Maverick+225

Bet Now on this FightOverall, Rose Namajunas has a career record of 14-7. Miranda Maverick has a career record of 17-5.

Middleweight Bout

FighterOdds
Edmen Shahbazyan-190
Andre Petroski-160

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Edmen Shahbazyan has a career mark of 14-5. By contrast, Andre Petroski has a career record of 13-4 with the UFC Betting odds.

Bantamweight Bout

FighterOdds
Cody Garbrandt+140
Raoni Barcelos-170

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To illuminate, Cody Garbrandt has a career record of 14-6. Raoni Barcelos is 19-5 for his career.

Middleweight Bout

FighterOdds
Mansur Abdul-Malik-750
Cody Brundage+475

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To summarize, Mansur Abdul Malik stands at 8-0 for his career. Cody Brundage is 11-6 in his career.

Light Heavyweight Bout

FighterOdds
Alonzo Menifield+450
Oumar Sy-700

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Alonzo Menifield stands at 16-5-1 for his career. Meanwhile, Oumar Sy has a career mark of 11-0.

UFC Fight Night SBG Free Picks

On this occasion, a proud but slumping former champion faces a rising opponent with impressive momentum. Joaquin Buckey has the recent form of a winner, while Kamaru Usman does not.

UFC Fight Night SBG Best Bets: Joaquin Buckley.