CHICAGO – Lerone murphy sure made a compelling case to be the next in line for a shot at the UFC featherweight title.

In the third fight of the main card, Carlos Prates hammered Geoff Neal with a spinning back elbow to the head for a KO in the final second of the first round. Neal was barely responsive on the floor as Prates began celebrating. It was the ninth spinning back elbow KO in UFC history, and Prates' UFC-best fifth KO since the start of 2024.

The UFC main card was one of the best of the year, with two spinning back elbow finishes and a dominant performance by new middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev.

Former Bellator star Aaron Pico stepped into the Octagon for the first time in a five-round co-main event against Lerone Murphy at UFC 319.

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Khamzat Chimaev dethroned UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis Saturday night, winning by unanimous decision in dominant fashion at the United Center in Chicago. Chimaev, the 31-year-old Russian,