Elliott (21-14-1 MMA, 10-11 UFC) upset Asakura (21-6 MMA, 0-2 UFC) with a second-round submission to open up the main card at United Center in Chicago. Elliott, a former flyweight title challenger, pulled the upset against the 3-1 favorite.

The middleweight championship is up for grabs at Saturday's UFC 319. Champion Dricus du Plessis will be putting the title on the line against top challenger Khamzat Chimaev in the night's main event.

The UFC heavyweight division has been eager to regain momentum, especially with Tom Aspinall set to defend his title against Ciryl Gane in October. It’s been some time since Jon Jones left the division in a state of uncertainty before ultimately retiring.

Find out if three record-breaking performances were enough to lift an otherwise mundane UFC 319 card to the top half of the grading curve.

SportsLine's Daniel Vithlani reveals his picks for the UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev fight card from the United Center in Chicago on Saturday

Bryan Battle, the winner of The Ultimate Fighter 29 alongside Ricky Turcios, had a promising career in the UFC ahead of him. While he may not have been in any championship contender talks yet, he was slowly building his case to be an exciting action fighter,

Dana White is dumbfounded how a false article was written about the UFC Apex supposedly expanding it's capacity in a massive way.

Joseph Morales washed out of the UFC after three fights in 2018, then took nearly three years off before rebuilding his career with four straight wins and a berth in The Ultimate Fighter’s season 33 flyweight title fight.