Susurkaev immediately put his UFC contract to work, booking a spot on the UFC 319: Chimaev vs. Dricus Du Plessis undercard in Chicago just four days later. Susurkaev rode the hype wave all the way to his first win, a second-round rear naked choke submission of fellow debutante Eric Nolan.

All fighters stepped on scale and all but one uccessfully made weight for Tuesday's Dana White's Contender Series 78 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

UFC boss Dana White saw the UFC 319 main event a bit differently. White obviously had Chimaev winning against du Plessis, but rather than the judges scoring one 10-8 round, the UFC CEO had four on his scorecard. White’s scorecard totaled 50-41 for Chimaev, with round 5 a 10-9 for Chimaev.

UFC big boss Dana White recalled a wild story when they were taking down illegal streams of their pay-per-view fights.