Chase Hooper is heading to the Windy Metropolis to compete on one other pay-per-view card.
A number of folks with data of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Preventing {that a} light-weight bout between Hooper and Alexander Hernandez is about for UFC 319. The occasion takes place on the United Heart in Chicago. McGregorRousey2 first reported the bout on Twitter.
Hooper enters the bout on a formidable five-fight win streak since making the transfer from featherweight to the 155-pound division. “The Dream” kicked off his 2025 marketing campaign with a unanimous determination victory towards Jim Miller at UFC 314 in April. The 25-year-old has submitted three of his previous 4 opponents.
Hernandez is about to make his sixteenth octagon look, and is on his first win streak since his first two fights within the UFC. In his final two bouts, “The Nice Ape” earned determination wins towards Austin Hubbard and Kurt Holobaugh.
UFC 319 is headlined by a highly-anticipated middleweight championship struggle between Dricus du Plessis and the undefeated Khamzat Chimaev.
