Raoni Barcelos is aiming for the bantamweight rankings after his win over Cody Garbrandt. Advertisement Barcelos took on Garbrandt at UFC Atlanta on Saturday. While Garbrandt led the dance in the first round,

Cody Garbrandt returns to action against Raoni Barcelos at UFC on ESPN 69. Will the former champion get back on track?

Cody Garbrandt fell short at UFC Atlanta, and he has spoken out following the loss. “No Love” shared the Octagon with Raoni Barcelos on the main card of UFC Atlanta. Garbrandt was hoping to rebound from a submission loss to Deiveson Figueiredo. While Garbrandt went the distance this time, he was unable to defeat Barcelos.

Garbrandt has lost his last two fights, as it was the Ohio native's first bout since last April at UFC 300. It was Barcelos's biggest win of his career to date, as he seeks out fellow contender Rob Font at some point down the line.

At media day, Barcelos took questions from media members before his fight. Barcelos said the massive upset he pulled off in January – one of the biggest in UFC history against 12-1 favorite Payton Talbott at UFC 311 – gave him extra confidence to know he's heading in the right direction after a stretch of four losses in five fights.

The UFC was back in Atlanta on Saturday night with a compelling 13-fight card, topped by the long awaited return of former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman.

Cody Garbrandt has hit another road bump in his UFC career. The former UFC Bantamweight Champion, who dethroned Dominick Cruz in 2016, is now 3-7 in his last ten fights after back-to-back losses at UFC Atlanta.

Kamaru Usman took advantage of his UFC Fight Night main event with Joaquin Buckley to prove he is still one of the elite welterweights in the world. Usman took a unanimous decision win over Buckley on the strength of his wrestling base in the upset.

UFC 317 is starting to resemble a PPV worthy of International Fight Week. The Las Vegas card is headlined by a vacant lightweight title fight between former featherweight kingpin Ilia Topuria and former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira. It also features a flyweight title fight between Alexandre Pantoja and Kai Kara-France.