Cody Garbrandt (14-6), the former UFC bantamweight champion, has booked a fight against Raoni Barcelos (19-5) at UFC Atlanta.
The Team Alpha Male fighter, who recently debuted a new look, will be looking to bounce back from a loss to ex-flyweight champ Deiveson Figueiredo last April, a setback that snapped a two-fight win streak. The bout, set for June 14 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, will be Garbrandt’s first action in over a year.
Raoni Barcelos himself announced the news on social media on Thursday.
For Brazil’s Barcelos, the bout is his biggest assignment to date. He’s coming off a derailing of Payton Talbott, the red-hot UFC rookie, in his last outing. Barcelos has won two straight, submitting Cristian Quinonez prior to picking up a unanimous decision over Talbott.
June 14, 2025’s UFC Atlanta card is headlined by a welterweight showdown, as Kamaru Usman, the former 170lb champ, returns from an extended layoff to take on surging contender Joaquin Buckley. The event currently features the following reported match-ups:
- Kamaru Usman vs. Joaquin Buckley
- Rose Namajunas vs. Miranda Maverick
- Michael Chiesa vs. Court McGee
- Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Cody Brundage
- Tereza Bledá vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth
- Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Andre Petroski
- Cody Durden vs. Jose Ochoa
- Alonzo Menifield vs. Oumar Sy
- Cody Garbrandt vs. Raoni Barcelos
- Ricky Simon vs. Charles Jourdain
