Bryan Battle is bouncing back up to middleweight at UFC 319, and believes he sees "opportunities" to finish Nursulton Ruziboev.

UFC on ESPN 70 takes place Saturday (ESPN, ESPN+ ), and you can join us for live round-by-round coverage and official results beginning at 6 p.m. ET (3 p.m. PT). UFC on ESPN 70 takes place at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.

Valter Walker made history at UFC on ESPN 70 when he finished Kennedy Nzechukwu with his third consecutive heel hook finish.

The UFC heavyweight division is back on track with a major title fight between Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane at UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi.

NASHVILLE – Fighters from Saturday's UFC on ESPN 70 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $204,500. The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.

This week, the UFC announced several key fights in October, and that got us thinking about other fights we'd love to see before the end of the year. There are already plenty of good ones. The crown jewel is next month's middleweight title fight between Dricus Du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 319.

ABU DHABI – Marc-Andre Barriault was offered Shara Magomedov just days after potentially saving his UFC job. Barriault (17-9 MMA, 6-8 UFC) takes on rising middleweight contender Shara Magomedov (15-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) on Saturday's UFC on ABC 9 main card at Etihad Arena on Yas Island (ABC, ESPN, ESPN+ ).

Dana White announced Tom Aspinall will face Ciryl Gane for undisputed UFC heavyweight belt for UFC 321 main event in Abu Dhabi.