C HICAGO – UFC 319 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 ( ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+)

This deal comes one week after ESPN cut a deal with another TKO company, WWE, to air all of its premium live events on the network’s new platform.

The meet and greet was at UFC 306 at the Sphere in Las Vegas nearly a year ago. In the luxury box of TKO Holdings, which owns UFC and WWE, were media luminaries: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Disney’s Bob Iger and the future leader of Paramount, David Ellison, CEO of Skydance.

At the post-weigh-in press conference, Dustin Poirier, Michael Chiesa, Anthony Smith, and Chael Sonnen sat down to break down the UFC 319 card and of course, most of the talk centered on the main event between Dricus du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev.

The UFC continued its busy August schedule on Saturday with UFC on ESPN 72 from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, and when the 12-bout card came to a conclusion, five fights had ended by finish.

“Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, and TKO Group Holdings, Inc., a premium sports and entertainment company, today announced a seven-year media rights agreement in which Paramount will become the exclusive home of all UFC events in the U.S,” the companies announced in a statement.

Our UFC 319 picks don't think Aaron Pico successfully transitions from Bellator when he goes toe to toe vs. Lerone Murphy

LAS VEGAS – Gabriella Fernandes met the media Saturday after her unanimous decision win over Julija Stoliarenko at UFC on ESPN 72. Fernandes (11-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) outworked Stoliarenko (11-9-1 MMA, 2-7 UFC) on the prelims at the UFC Apex. It was the Brazilian's third straight UFC win after an 0-2 start in the promotion in 2023.