Aaron Pico's long-awaited UFC debut came with the possibility of an immediate title shot with a win. Instead, the former uber prospect and Bellator MMA star was knocked out cold in spectacular and violent fashion at UFC 319 in Chicago .

Lerone Murphy (17-0-1) took one massive step closer to a shot at featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski's title by making Pico (13-5) pay for his overaggressiveness. The 34-year-old native of England delivered the 10th spinning back elbow knockout in promotional history (one fight after welterweight Carlos Prates finished Geoff Neal with the same strike) to bring an end to Saturday's co-main event at 3:21 of Round 1 inside the United Center.

"This sport is all about moments and I just created one," Murphy said. "I needed something like this. I too

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