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MMASucka Staff Picks For UFC Atlanta: Welterweight Titans Collide

From the Peach State of Georgia, the UFC makes its fifth appearance to the bustling city of Atlanta for another stacked Fight Night card held in the State Farm Arena. In the main event, welterweight phenoms vie for divisional supremacy when the dominant Joaquin Buckley puts his six-fight win streak on the line versus previous five-time defending champion Kamaru Usman. Before that, though, Miranda Maverick goes face-to-face with twice 115-lb gold standard Rose Namajunas.

Dropping down to the 170-lb category a little over two years ago, Buckley has cemented himself as one of the top contenders in the weight class, picking recent stellar wins over Vicente Luque, Stephen Thompson and Colby Covington.