Lerone Murphy might have a date set for a title fight with Alexander Volkanovski. The UFC featherweight champion took to social media to congratulate Murphy on his huge win Saturday in the UFC 319 co-main event. Murphy welcomed former Bellator star Aaron Pico to the octagon with a stunning first-round spinning back elbow knockout.

The Manchester-born star, 34, agreed to get into the octagon in Chicago just three weeks before the fight, putting his eight-fight winning streak well and truly on the line.

UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev made weight Friday before they square off in the UFC 319 main event Saturday in Chicago.Du Plessis and Chimaev weighed in at 185 and 183 pounds,

On the fourth episode of UFC 319 "Embedded," Lerone Murphy meets the Chicago White Sox and Baisangur Sursurkaev arrives for his four-day notice debut.

Anything less than a title shot against Alexander Volkanovski will not satisfy British featherweight Lerone Murphy should he dispatch hot property Aaron Pico in the co-main event of UFC 319 this weekend, as he sets his sights on ruling the division by the year’s end.