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.

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,

Aaron Pico has not wasted any time making his intentions clear in the UFC. The former Bellator standout enters the promotion with a decorated wrestling pedigree and wants to test it against divisional champion Alexander Volkanovski.