UFC 319 marks the promotion’s return to Chicago, and the UFC is bringing a stacked card topped by a middleweight title fight.
Long has Khamzat Chimaev been looked at as a future UFC champion, but there was a time where pundits and fans questioned whether his career might be over. A scary bout with COVID and health issues both related and non kept Chimaev out of action far longer than he should have been, after starting his UFC tenure on a tear in 2020. Then, over the past couple of years, there was a lack of activity due in part to visa issues that how now seemingly been solved.
In all that time, former KSW champ Dricus Du Plessis has risen to the top of the 185lb weight class, beating names like Adesanya, Whittaker, and Strickland in the process.
UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev Weigh-In Results
Main card
Middleweight: Dricus du Plessis (c) (185) vs. Khamzat Chimaev (183) – for the UFC middleweight championship
Featherweight: Lerone Murphy (146) vs. Aaron Pico (145)
Welterweight: Geoff Neal (171) vs. Carlos Prates (170)
Middleweight: Jared Cannonier (186) vs. Michael Page (186)
Flyweight: Tim Elliott (126) vs. Kai Asakura (126)
Preliminary card
Middleweight: Gerald Meerschaert (185) vs. Michał Oleksiejczuk (186)
Women’s Strawweight: Jéssica Andrade (116) vs. Loopy Godinez (115)
Lightweight: Chase Hooper (155) vs. Alexander Hernandez (156)
Early preliminary card
Lightweight: Edson Barboza (155.5) vs. Drakkar Klose (156)
Middleweight: Bryan Battle (190)* vs. Nursulton Ruziboev (186)
Women’s Flyweight: Karine Silva (125) vs. Dione Barbosa (125.5)
Welterweight: Rodrigo Sezinando vs. Daniil Donchenko – TUF 33 welterweight finale
Flyweight: Alibi Idiris (126) vs. Joseph Morales (126) – TUF 33 flyweight finale
Middleweight: Baysangur Susurkaev (185) vs. Eric Nolan (183)
* Missed weight by 4 pounds
