Gilbert Burns advises Kamaru Usman to follow a similar game plan against Joaquin Buckley as their Kill Cliff FC teammate.

#7 UFC Welterweight Joaquin Buckley quickly rose through the ranks by TKO’ing Covington and Thompson, earning him a shot at former champion and pound-for-pound king Kamaru Usman in the main event of UFC Atlanta on Saturday.

Joaquin Buckley reveals why he thinks Islam is scared of him: "Islam is only moving up because he had the right opportunity to fight the right person. Even when Belal was champ, I believe if he thought he could beat Belal, he would move up. But stylistically, it would’ve been a… pic.twitter.com/qtEMFodxva

Joaquin Buckley knows he might be two fights away from a UFC title shot thanks to Islam Makhachev's move to welterweight.

Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) relinquished his UFC lightweight title after a record four title defenses for a move up to 170 pounds. He is expected to challenge Jack Della Maddalena for the welterweight title later in the year.

After Buckley suffered a difficult loss to Kevin Holland, he rebounded in style with one of the most instantly iconic knockouts in the history of the UFC. Atlanta, we are taking over! 💥 #UFCAtlanta goes down this Saturday [ LIVE on @ESPNPlus | 10pmET ] pic.twitter.com/boUoXWa473