The Claim : Aaron Pico was immediately hospitalized following his knockout loss to Lerone Murphy at UFC 319.

At UFC 319 , held on August 16, 2025, Aaron Pico made his UFC promotional debut against Britain’s Lerone Murphy in a featherweight co-main event at Chicago’s United Center.

Lerone Murphy had accepted this fight against Aaron Pico at UFC 319 on three weeks’ notice. The fight was announced on July 26, 2025, three weeks before the event took place.

On August 16, as the first round began, Aaron Pico’s UFC debut started with him aggressively pushing forward, landing combinations to back Lerone Murphy against the cage, as explained by CBS Sports . Pico locked Murphy up, but Murphy escaped, though Pico kept applying pressure with body shots.

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