Fighter profile

Lerone Murphy

“The Miracle”

Featherweight · UFC record 9-1-1 · 11 detailed UFC fights · Last fight Sat 21 Mar 2026

Volume StrikerDefensive Striker

Fighter ratings

Ratings V2Rated

Striking (offense)84

Power78

Striking defense84

Takedown defense62

WrestlingProvisional measure77

Ratings V2 descriptive 0–100 scores (11 detailed fights; as of Sat 21 Mar 2026). Not win probabilities or rankings. Missing values stay unavailable.

Chin and Cardio · Frozen through October 17, 2026

R1 research scale

ChinEvidence: DEVELOPING82.0

CardioEvidence: DEVELOPING76.1

Source: R1 public_candidate_display · status: Research candidate · as of Sat 17 Oct 2026. Separate frozen research scale; fights after October 17, 2026 are not reflected.

About these ratings

Ratings are domain-specific descriptive scales. Equal point differences across different domains do not imply equal absolute skill differences.

Striking (offense) · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 striking-offense score built from recorded significant strikes landed per round, significant-strike accuracy and significant-strike differential.
Power · Ratings V2: Recorded knockdown and KO/TKO-win threat under the Ratings V2 contract (knockdowns per round, KO/TKO win rate); not literal measured punching force.
Striking defense · Ratings V2: Recorded strike avoidance (striking defense) and bounded absorption (strikes absorbed per round) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Takedown defense · Ratings V2: Recorded defense against incoming takedown attempts (takedown defense rate) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Wrestling · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 wrestling-offense score: recorded takedowns landed per round and takedown accuracy. Not ground control or complete grappling.
Chin · R1 research scale: Exposure-adjusted recorded knockdown resistance. This is not a direct biological measurement of chin, recovery, or injury resistance.
Cardio · R1 research scale: Recorded later-round striking activity and effectiveness retention. This is not a direct physiological fitness measurement.

Ratings V2 scores follow each fighter's latest recorded state; R1 research-scale scores are frozen through 17 Oct 2026. Recovery is separate metadata, not a rating. No combined rating exists.

Profile

Height: 175 cm (5'9")
Reach: 185 cm (6'1")
Stance: Orthodox
Age: 35

Last 3: W W W (most recent last)

Career statistics

Descriptive

11 detailed UFC fights · 34 rounds of recorded statistics. Exact totals from recorded UFC fights through Sat 21 Mar 2026; not opponent-adjusted and not model inputs.

Strikes landed20.8significant, per round

Strikes absorbed12.7per round

Striking differential+8.1per round

Takedown attempts0.71per round

Takedown defense44.1%of attempts stopped

Finish rate33.3%of UFC wins

Striking

Significant strikes landed per round: 20.8
Significant strikes absorbed per round: 12.7
Differential per round (landed − absorbed): +8.1
Striking accuracy: 51.1%
Striking defense (opponent strikes avoided): 60.4%
Knockdowns per round: 0.09
Target: head / body / leg: 63.5% / 21.5% / 15.0%
Position: distance / clinch / ground: 81.6% / 9.8% / 8.6%

Per-round figures divide recorded totals by rounds with statistics. Shares are of significant strikes landed.

Wrestling and grappling

Takedown attempts per round: 0.71
Takedowns landed per round: 0.38
Takedown accuracy: 54.2%
Takedown defense: 44.1%
Control time per round: 0:37
Submission attempts per round: 0.15
Reversals per round: 0.03

Attempts and landed takedowns are counted separately; accuracy is landed ÷ attempted.

Outcomes and durability

UFC record (W-L-D, NC): 9-1-1
Finish rate (wins by KO/TKO or submission): 33.3%
Wins by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 3 · 0 · 6
Losses by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 0 · 0 · 1
Knockdowns scored / suffered: 3 / 2
Average fight time: 16:12 (over 8 bouts)

Results as recorded by UFCStats. Fight time is elapsed time (completed rounds plus ending time) and includes draws and no-contests. These are outcomes, not biological measurements.

UFC fight history

Lerone Murphy — most recent UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 21 Mar 2026	Movsar Evloev	L	M-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Evloev vs. Murphy
Sat 16 Aug 2025	Aaron Pico	W	KO/TKO Spinning Back Elbow	R1 3:21	UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev
Sat 5 Apr 2025	Josh Emmett	W	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy
Sat 26 Oct 2024	Dan Ige	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway
Sat 18 May 2024	Edson Barboza	W	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy

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Lerone Murphy — earlier UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 22 Jul 2023	Josh Culibao	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura
Sat 18 Mar 2023	Gabriel Santos	W	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3
Sat 30 Oct 2021	Makwan Amirkhani	W	KO/TKO Knee	R2 0:14	UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira
Wed 20 Jan 2021	Douglas Silva de Andrade	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Magny
Wed 15 Jul 2020	Ricardo Ramos	W	KO/TKO Punches	R1 4:18	UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Ige
Sat 7 Sep 2019	Zubaira Tukhugov	D	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier

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