I always had a feeling I would be here. I just didn’t know when.” Aaron Pico has spent his entire MMA career as a Bellator fighter but makes his UFC debut against Lerone Murphy in the UFC 319 co-main event.

If successful against Aaron Pico at UFC 319, Lerone Murphy expects to be in position to fight Alexander Volkanovski next.

Aaron Pico already checked off one of the major boxes towards his goal of becoming a UFC world champion. On Saturday, he tries to add another. The longtime Bellator standout signed with the UFC shortly before UFC 314 in April,