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Kamaru Usman issues welterweight warning after UFC Atlanta win: ‘I am the f*cking boogeyman’

Returning to winning-ways tonight for the first time since 2021, former welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman has issued a massive warning to the rest of the division — claiming he has been and always will be the “boogeyman” of 170lbs.

Usman, who snapped an-almost two year hiatus from action tonight at UFC Atlanta, taking on the surging, Joaquin Buckley in a headlining clash.

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And snapping a two-fight losing run to both Khamzat Chimaev, and Leon Edwards tonight, Usman would turn in a dominant unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) victory over the streaking St.