With the latest UFC Fight Night on the horizon, Movsar Evloev and Lerone Murphy will place their unblemished MMA records on the line as they prepare to do battle in the Featherweight division at The O2 Arena on Saturday night.
Main card set to commence at 10pm (CAT, GMT+2)
London will host the next UFC Fight Night, with the main event set to feature Movsar Evloev and Lerone Murphy as two undefeated stars in the Featherweight division.
Evloev (19-0-0) has been out of action since December 2024, with injuries stifling his progress in the division. The Russian fighter last fought against Aljamain Sterling at UFC310, where he secured a unanimous decision victory in Las Vegas.
His impressive resume also comes with a unanimous decision win over the popular Diego Lopes on 6 May, 2023 at UFC328 IN New Jersey. Evloev is currently on a nine-fight win streak in the UFC as he hopes to put him within reach of a title shot.
While questions arose regarding his availability for the fight, owing to Visa issues, the Russian star recently confirmed that he would be turning out in London.
“Don’t listen to unreliable sources,” Evloev said.
“Everything’s fine with the visa. We’re going for victory.”
As for Murphy (17-0-1), the 34-year-old will make his way out to a home crowd this weekend, fresh off a stunning spinning back elbow victory against Aaron Pico at UFC319, where he also claimed the Performance of the Night prize.
As one of Murphy’s most notable wins of his career, the Englishman recorded an impressive unanimous decision win over Edson Barboza at UFC Fight Night on 18 May 2024.
Currently unbeaten in the UFC, Murphy is likewise in line for a future shot at the Featherweight title, should he see off his Russian opponent.
Speaking ahead of the fight, Murphy claimed that the winner could go onto claiming gold in the coming months.
“I think this fight should have been for the title, really, but it's a massive fight, and I think the winner goes on to be champion for sure,” Murphy said.
Also featured on the Main Card is the popular Micheal ‘Venom’ Page, who will take on Sam Patterson in the Welterweight division.
Known for his astute kickboxing abilities, Page is currently coming off unanimous decision victories over Jared Cannonier and Sharabutdin Magomedov in his last two bouts.
UFC Fight Night: Evloev v Murphy Main Card
Movsar Evloev v Lerone Murphy (Main event – Featherweight)
Luke Riley v Michael Aswell (Co-main event – Featherweight)
Michael Page v Sam Patterson (Welterweight)
Iwo Baraniewski v Austen Lane (Light heavyweight)
Roman Dolidze v Christian Duncan (Middleweight)
Kurtis Campbell v Danny Silva (Featherweight)