Early 2025
Potentially

Co-op Live Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom

Potential contest
5 rounds contest @ Featherweight
19-4-0
15-0-1

The tape

39
Age
33
5' 6" / 168 cm
Height
5' 9" / 175 cm
70.1" / 178 cm
Reach
73.6" / 187 cm

Full record

KO 1UD 5SUB 2SD 5UD 3
Form
UD 3UD 5UD 3SD 3KO 2
19
Wins
15
7
By KO
7
37
KO%
47
2
By Sub
0
11
SUB%
0
4
Losses
0
1
Stopped
0
1
Tapped
0
0
Draws
1
2011
Debut
2016
23
Bouts
16
59
Rounds
37
4 hours, 26 minutes
Fight Time
2 hours, 44 minutes

Current rankings @ Featherweight

8
UFC
11
-
Bellator
-
10
Tapology
11

Josh Emmett vs Lerone Murphy preview

When is Emmett vs Murphy?

Josh Emmett could potentially fight Lerone Murphy, in Early 2025 at Co-op Live Arena in Manchester.

The fight would be scheduled for 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which means the weight limit would be 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Emmett vs Murphy stats

Josh Emmett would step 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 would make 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.

Lerone Murphy will mark his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Josh Emmett's UFC record currently stands at 10-4-0, while Lerone Murphy's comes in at 7-0-1.

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

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Emmett would have an advantage over Murphy, with a 11% submission rate over Murphy's 0%.

Josh Emmett is the older man by 6 years, at 39 years old.

Murphy has a height advantage of 3 inches over Emmett. This also extends to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Emmett is currently 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 has fought 22 more professional rounds, 59 to Murphy's 37.

Emmett vs Murphy form

Emmett has beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight, he won against Bryce Mitchell at UFC 296 on 16th December 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to 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.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten 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.

Before that, 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.

He had defeated Dan Ige at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Murphy remains undefeated as a professional, stopping 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he won against Dan Ige at UFC 308 on 26th October 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had won against Edson Barboza at UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy on 18th May 2024 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Joshua Culibao at UFC Fight Night London – Aspinall vs. Tybura on 22nd July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Gabriel Santos at UFC 286 on 18th March 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at o2 Arena, London.

He was victorious against Makwan Amirkhani at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Josh Emmett has been fighting more than Lerone Murphy.

Josh Emmett last fought 10 months and 19 days ago, while Lerone Murphy's last outing was 9 days ago.

Emmett's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 24 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 6 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Murphy's last 5 fights have come over a period of 3 years and 5 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 7 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

What are the odds on Emmett vs Murphy?

Sorry, we couldn’t find any odds for Emmett vs Murphy yet. If a contest doesn’t have odds initially after it is announced, bookmakers usually release them closer to the day of the fight.

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