More importantly, this performance may be what Murphy needed to lock down the next title shot against UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski.

In a night loaded with jaw-dropping moments at UFC 319 in Chicago, fans witnessed history as Lerone Murphy delivered a devastating spinning back elbow knockout to welcome Aaron Pico to the UFC.

"Last night wasn't my night, that's the fight game," Pico wrote on social media.

Pico looks to evoke the success his peer Michael "Venom" Page had last year.

Khamzat Chimaev claimed the middleweight title with a dominant unanimous decision over Dricus Du Plessis, and both fighters walked away with significant earnings.