UFC 308 outcomes: Lerone Murphy edges out Dan Ige, calls out Josh Emmett

by Christina S. Brown
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ABU DHABI – Lerone Murphy resorted to his grappling to stay unbeaten in opposition to Dan Ige at UFC 308.

Murphy (15-0-1 MMA, 7-0-1 UFC) was cracked early earlier than rallying to defeat Ige (18-9 MMA, 10-8 UFC) by unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). The featherweight bout was a part of the UFC 308 most important card at Etihad Enviornment in Abu Dhabi.

Ige stalked Murphy to start out, attacking him to the physique and touchdown a pleasant mixture. A minute and a half into the spherical, Ige slammed Murphy down for the takedown. Murphy managed to flee by giving up his again and turning out of the physique lock. A lower opened up on Ige’s face. Murphy landed a pleasant spinning again kick to the physique. Ige then dropped Murphy with an enormous counter left and swarmed him. Murphy coated up and fired again with a counter of his personal, earlier than taking Ige down on the finish of the spherical.

Ige continued to press ahead in Spherical 2. Murphy appeared to get better as he landed a physique kick, adopted by a straight proper. The tempo slowed down considerably till Ige determined to shoot for a takedown. Murphy reversed him and began working for his personal takedown. Neither man was profitable, as they returned to the middle of the octagon. With lower than a minute remaining, Murphy took Ige down and mounted him. He transitioned to his again then locked in a triangle choke to finish the spherical.

With the rating seemingly tied at one spherical a bit, Murphy instantly tried to take the battle again to the bottom. Ige defended effectively, however ate a knee on the break. Murphy landed a head kick, adopted by one other takedown try. Ige reversed him and wound up in prime place. Murphy tried to make use of a leg lock try to flee, however was denied. Ige tried to take Murphy’s again, however Murphy was in a position to work his manner again up. Murphy then landed his personal takedown, and labored for a entrance head lock. The pair exchanged within the pocket within the ultimate 15 seconds because the clock winded down.

Following his win, Murphy referred to as out former interim featherweight title challenger Josh Emmett.

Emmett responded, and appeared seemingly unimpressed.

Up-to-the-minute UFC 308 outcomes embody:

  • Lerone Murphy def. Dan Ige through unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Shara Magomedov def. Armen Petrosyan through TKO (spinning again fist) – Spherical 2, 4:52
  • Ibo Aslan def. Rafael Cerqueira through TKO (punches) – Spherical 1, 0:51
  • Geoff Neal def. Rafael dos Anjos through TKO (knee damage) – Spherical 1, 1:40
  • Mateusz Rebecki def. Myktybek Orolbai through break up choice (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
  • Abus Magomedov def. Brunno Ferreira through submission (arm triangle) – Spherical 3, 3:14
  • Kennedy Nzechukwu def. Chris Barnett through TKO (punches) – Spherical 1, 4:27
  • Farid Basharat def. Victor Hugo through unanimous choice (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Ismail Naurdiev def. Bruno Silva through unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
  • Rinat Fakhretdinov def. Carlos Leal through unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

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