UFC on ESPN 69 Usman vs Buckley

Date
Sat 14th June 2025 (UTC)
Sat 14th June 2025 (Local)

Timestamp
2025-06-14T22:00:00

Time

22:00:00 UTC

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League
UFC

Season
2025

Round
20

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Location
State Farm Arena

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UFC on ESPN: Usman vs. Buckley (also known as UFC on ESPN 69) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on June 14, 2025, at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
The event will mark the promotion's fifth visit to Atlanta and first since UFC 236 in April 2019.

A welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman and Joaquin Buckley is scheduled to headline the event.

A light heavyweight bout between Alonzo Menifield and Oumar Sy is scheduled for this event. They were previously scheduled to meet at UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady in March but Sy had to withdraw due to an injury.

A light heavyweight bout between Paul Craig and former interim LFA Light Heavyweight Champion Rodolfo Bellato is scheduled to take place at this event. They were originally scheduled to compete at UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales one month prior, but the bout was cancelled during the event as a result of Bellato having a herpes infection.

A women's flyweight bout between former LFA Women's Flyweight Champion Jamey-Lyn Horth and Tereza Bledá was scheduled for this event. However, Bledá withdrew from the fight due to a staph infection and was replaced by former LFA Women's Strawweight Champion Vanessa Demopoulos.

Ricky Simón was scheduled to face Charles Jourdain in a bantamweight bout at this event. However, Jourdain withdrew during fight week due to an eye injury and was replaced by Cameron Smotherman.