Manchester’s Lerone Murphy remained unbeaten as he outclassed Josh Emmett to win by unanimous determination at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Within the top-10 showdown, Murphy displayed crisp boxing over 25 minutes and survived Emmett’s heavy wrestling base to emerge victorious.
Murphy (16-0-1 MMA) received 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 on the judges’ scorecards, seeing him equal Russia’s Movsar Evloev for the longest win streak within the featherweight division.
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“Simple work,” Murphy mentioned, as he now eyes a featherweight title shot later this yr. “I would like the title however give me anybody in that high 5, high three. Lets go.
“I wish to maintain this prepare going and I wish to get to the championship and keep lively. I would like two extra fights this yr.”
Emmett (19-5 MMA) is eighth within the UFC featherweight rankings – two locations above Murphy – however the 40-year-old had been absent from the Octagon since December 2023.
Within the co-headliner at featherweight, Pat Sabatini (20-5 MMA) wanted all however three minutes of floor management time to win a lopsided unanimous determination over Joanderson Brito (17-5-1 MMA), taking it 30-26, 30-26, 30-27 on the judges’ scorecards.
The subsequent two fights noticed Brad Tavares and Chang Ho Lee win their respective middleweight and bantamweight bouts in opposition to Gerald Meerschaert (37-19 MMA) and Cortavious Romious (9-4 MMA).
Tavares (21-10 MMA) earned a unanimous determination win, whereas Ho Lee (11-1 MMA) wanted underneath two rounds to safe the mount place and earn a stoppage win.
Ode Osbourne made brief work of Luis Gurule with a second-round TKO in a flyweight bout with a sequence of punches earlier than the combat was ultimately referred to as off. In doing so, Osboune (13-8 MMA) handed Gurule (10-1 MMA) his first profession loss, whereas Osboune snapped a three-fight skid.
Middleweight Torrez Finney (11-0 MMA) opened the UFC Vegas 105 major card with a split-decision win over Robert Valentin (10-5 MMA) to earn his first promotional win.