{"id":72645,"date":"2025-08-16T12:01:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T12:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/72645\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T12:01:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T12:01:05","slug":"ufc-319-live-updates-results-round-by-round-coverage-of-every-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/72645\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 319 live updates: Results, round-by-round coverage of every fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/events\/ufc-319-du-plessis-vs-chimaev\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:UFC 319;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">UFC 319<\/a> takes place Saturday, and you can join us for live round-by-round coverage and official results beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. PT) from United Center (<a href=\"https:\/\/go.web.plus.espn.com\/c\/1205322\/531511\/9070?u=https%3A%2F%2Fplus.espn.com%2Fufc%2F319&amp;subId1=SMGMMAJUFC319\" data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ESPN+;elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link  rapid-with-clickid etailiffa-link\">ESPN+<\/a> pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+)<\/p>\n<p>In the headliner, middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) puts his title on the line for the third time when he meets unbeaten \u2013 and favored \u2013\u00a0challenger Khamzat Chimaev (14-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC). In addition, wrestling standout Aaron Pico (13-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) makes his highly anticipated UFC debut after years in Bellator when he takes on unbeaten featherweight Lerone Murphy (16-0-1 MMA, 8-0-1 UFC) in the co-main event.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Follow along with our round-by-round updates and official results beginning at approximately 6:30 p.m. ET for the early prelims on ESPN+, 8 p.m.\u00a0 ET for the prelims. on ESPN and 10 p.m. ET for the main card\u00a0on pay-per-view via ESPN+.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the fights, everyone.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 319 lineup<\/p>\n<p>MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Champ Dricus Du Plessis vs. Khamzat Chimaev\u00a0\u2013\u00a0for middleweight title<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Lerone Murphy vs. Aaron Pico<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Geoff Neal vs. Carlos Prates<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jared Cannonier vs. Michael Page<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Kai Asakura vs. Tim Elliott<\/p>\n<p>PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Tom Nolan\u00a0vs. Baisangur Susurkaev<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Gerald Meerschaert vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jessica Andrade vs. Loopy Godinez<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Alexander Hernandez vs. Chase Hooper<\/p>\n<p>PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. ET)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Edson Barboza vs. Drakkar Klose<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Dione Barbosa vs. Karine Silva<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Alibi Idiris vs. Joseph Morales \u2013\u00a0\u201cTUF 33\u201d flyweight final<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2025\/08\/16\/ufc-319-dricus-du-plessis-vs-khamzat-chimaev-middleweight-title-live-updates-results\/85685143007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:UFC 319: Dricus Du Plessis vs. Khamzat Chimaev results of every fight;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">UFC 319: Dricus Du Plessis vs. Khamzat Chimaev results of every fight<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO \u2013\u00a0UFC 319 takes place Saturday, and you can join us for live round-by-round coverage and official results&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[4972,64,63,20207,794,786,4120,39840,785,56733,56734,85,787,42008],"class_list":{"0":"post-72645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-aaron-pico","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-dricus-du-plessis","12":"tag-espn","13":"tag-fighting","14":"tag-khamzat-chimaev","15":"tag-lerone-murphy","16":"tag-mma","17":"tag-official-results","18":"tag-round-by-round","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-ufc","21":"tag-united-center"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}