Emmett vs Murphy

Who won Emmett vs Murphy?

Lerone Murphy beat Josh Emmett by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 5th April 2025 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 in favor of the winner Lerone Murphy.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Emmett vs Murphy stats

Josh Emmett stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Lerone Murphy made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 15 wins, 0 losses, and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Josh Emmett's 15th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016. Lerone Murphy marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Josh Emmett's UFC record stood at 10-5-0, while Lerone Murphy's came in at 8-0-1.

The stats suggested Murphy had a slight advantage in power over Emmett, with a 47% knock out percentage over Emmett's 37%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Emmett had an advantage over Murphy, with a 11% submission rate over Murphy's 0%.

Josh Emmett was the older man by 7 years, at 40 years old.

Murphy had a height advantage of 3 inches over Emmett. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Emmett was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 4 years and 5 months earlier than Murphy, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 64 to Murphy's 42.

Emmett vs Murphy form

Emmett had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Lerone Murphy at UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy on 5th April 2025 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Bryce Mitchell at UFC 296 on 16th December 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Ilia Topuria at UFC Fight Night – Emmett vs. Topuria on 24th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at : VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he had been defeated by Yair Rodriguez at UFC 284 on 11th February 2023 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Interim Featherweight championship fight at RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia.

He had beaten Calvin Kattar at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Moody Center, Austin, United States.

Activity check

Emmett's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Murphy's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 1 month and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What time did Emmett vs Murphy start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 3:40 AM UTC , which was 11:40 PM EST or 8:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 4:40 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Emmett vs Murphy?

Josh Emmett was a 5/2 (+250) underdog going into the contest, while Lerone Murphy made his way into the ring at 3/10 (-330) with oddsmakers.