UFC 319 Fight Card

ByJosh Mercer

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The UFC invades the Windy City, Chicago, Illinois, for a Middleweight Championship fight of epic proportions.

Dricus Du Plessis is defending the Middleweight title against the undefeated challenger, Khamzat Chimaev. Du Plessis has proven plenty of people wrong when he won the title, defeating names such as Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland.

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After defeating former Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman, Chimaev had an impressive win over former Middleweight Champion Robert Whittaker to earn a shot at UFC gold. Is Chimaev the man to beat Du Plessis, where others have failed? It should be a cracking fight.

In the co-main event, undefeated British Featherweight Lerone Murphy welcomes former Bellator fighter Aaron Pico to the UFC. Both fighters have their eyes on the Featherweight Champion, Alex Volkanovski, both calling him out in the lead-up to UFC 319. However, only one can move up the ladder to face the Aussie champion.

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Also on the card is Fighting Nerds own Carlos Prates, who is hoping to rebound from his loss to Ian Machado Garry. Prates will take on Geof Neal, who defeated the former Lightweight Champion, Rafael Dos Anjos, in his last fight. Former Middleweight contender Jared Cannonier takes on British phenom Michael ‘Venom’ Page.

Here is the full fight card: