Former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt’s next fight will be against Raoni Barcelos at UFC On ESPN 69 in Atlanta, Georgia on June 14th.

It’s been over a year since the 33-year-old Garbrandt suffered a 2nd round submission loss to Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 300.

Prior to that Garbrandt had managed to put some distance between himself and a dismal run of form by picking up back-to-back wins over Trevin Jones and Brian Kelleher in 2023.

However, five losses in his previous six Octagon appearances, including four defeats via strikes means that ‘No Love’ is still a long way from his heyday when he was crowned the 135lb champion by convincingly beating Dominick Cruz back in 2017 at a time when he was still undefeated.

Now Garbrandt will have to try to get back in the win column against the 38-year-old veteran Barcelos, who also had his struggles not too long ago that saw him defeated in four out of five fights between 2021-2023, but he’s now back on track with two victories over Cristian Quinonez and Payton Talbott.

Garbrandt vs. Barcelos joins a UFC On ESPN 69 card that will be headlined by a welterweight fight between Kamaru Usman and Joaquin Buckley, while Rose Namajunas faces Miranda Maverick along with a battle of former TUF winners as Michael Chiesa fights Court McGee.