This weekend is going to be filled with MMA championships. The UFC is in Chicago on Saturday for its last pay-per-view of the summer (10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV; prelims at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN+) and the PFL World Championships continue from Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday (9 p.m. ET on ESPN; prelims at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN+).

At UFC 319, South African middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis makes his third title defense in the main event against ESPN's No. 2 middleweight, Khamzat Chimaev . Neither fighter has lost inside the Octagon, with Du Plessis a perfect 9-0 with six early stoppages and Chimaev 8-0 with six stoppages.

In the co-main event, former Bellator MMA standout Aaron Pico will make his anticipated UFC debut against undefeated featherweight contender Lerone Murphy , whose

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