Few gave Menifield (17-5-1 MMA, 10-5-1 UFC) a chance to win the main card light heavyweight fight at State Farm Arena against Oumar Sy, who came into the bout undefeated. The hard-hitting Menifield pulled off the victory on the scorecards to hand Sy (11-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) his first career loss.

Mansur Abdul-Malik and Cody Brundage ended after a clash of heads at UFC Atlanta, taking the fight to the scorecards.

The UFC desk analyst team didn't hold back their opinion of Rodolfo Bellato's reaction to the fight-ending illegal upkick from Paul Craig.

Former champs Kamaru Usman, Rose Namajunas and Cody Garbrandt went 2-1 at UFC Atlanta, setting them down varying paths forward.

The UFC makes its return to Atlanta this week with two former champions in the main and co-main events. UFC on ESPN 69 (ESPN, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. Get pick results from our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below.

In a 3-round bantamweight bout on the main card, Cody Garbrandt and Raoni Barcelos meet Saturday at UFC on ESPN 69 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

UFC on ESPN 69 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC's deal with Venum.