Heavyweight fan favorite Chris
Barnett is set to return to action on March 23.
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Barnett will take on former ”Ultimate
Fighter” winner Mohammed
Usman (10-2) at a
UFC Fight Night event at the promotion’s Apex facility in Las
Vegas. The matchup was announced by multiple outlets and confirmed
by both fighters on social media.
One of the most entertaining fighters on the heavyweight roster,
Barnett has scored 18 of his 23 career wins via knockout. However,
“Beastboy” is equally loved for his post-fight dance celebrations,
where he busts gravity-defying moves without inhibition. Barnett
has gone 2-2 since his UFC debut in 2020 and hasn’t fought since a
technical knockout win over Jake
Collier at UFC
279 in September 2022.
Meanwhile, Usman is the brother of former
Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight king Kamaru
Usman. “Motor” earned his contract by winning “TUF 30” in 2022
in the heavyweight category. Usman is currently on a three-fight
winning streak within the Las Vegas-based promotion.
The Fight Night event will be headlined by a women’s flyweight
meeting between former two-time strawweight champion Rose Namjunas
and Amanda
Ribas. Other matchups on the card include Julian
Erosa vs. Ricardo
Ramos and Davey Grant
vs. Cody
Gibson.