UFC Fight Night Best Bets: Usman vs. Buckley June 14th Picks | Deadspin.com

Thirty-one-year-old Joaquin Buckley has been one of the most UFC’s emerging stars over the past 12 months or so. He’s received his closing six fights — 4 by means of knockout or technical knockout — the newest being a third-round physician’s stoppage in opposition to former welterweight champion Colby Covington at UFC on ESPN 63 in December.

Before that, Buckley additionally knocked out the mythical Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson at UFC 307 in a struggle that noticed Buckley earn Performance of the Night. Considering the truth that Kamaru Usman is coming off a just about two-year hiatus after shedding 3 consecutive fights, it seems like an inevitability that Buckley provides him to his graveyard of UFC legends and ex-champions. I’m no longer certain it’s going to take that lengthy, both.

Joaquin Buckley by means of KO/TKO/Disqualification (+160)

Rose Namajunas is without doubt one of the extra recognizable names within the UFC girls’s department after a sequence of identify runs within the past due 2010s and early 2020s. However, in 2025, there’s little or no worth in making a bet on Namajunas as a quite really extensive favourite in opposition to a red-hot Miranda Maverick.

Namajunas has misplaced 3 of her closing 5 fights, two of the ones losses coming by means of unanimous choice. Maverick, then again, has received 4 fights in a row outright — 3 of the ones by means of unanimous choice. In general, 5 of Maverick’s seven wins within the UFC have come by means of choice. I see Maverick’s odds of a win by means of choice having nice worth on this struggle, and I additionally consider Namajunas is a favourite on this matchup strictly off identify worth.

Miranda Maverick by means of choice/technical choice (+270)

I wouldn’t usually suggest making a bet on such an early end at this worth, however this struggle is lovely simple. Abdul-Malik is a surprisingly talented striker, and Brundage can’t protect the strike to avoid wasting his existence. Abdul-Malik is the largest favourite on all of the card directly up at -800, and his odds to win by means of KO/TKO are nonetheless juiced at -330 — that means a stoppage within the first two rounds at -190 odds is in reality the most efficient worth we’ll in finding for this struggle.

Abdul-Malik is 8-0 in his skilled MMA occupation, with seven of the ones wins coming by means of knockout or technical knockout within the first or 2nd around. Brundage, then again, has best received 4 of his closing 9. Brundage’s six occupation losses had been a combined bag — KO/TKOs, choices and submissions — however I’d search for the early knockout by means of Abdul-Malik on this one.

Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Cody Brundage u1.5 rounds (-190)