Lerone Murphy frustrates Josh Emmett
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Murphy is ready for the next step toward a UFC featherweight championship opportunity and has former title challenger Brian Ortega in his sights.
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The win is English fighter Murphy's 16th in a row and eighth in the UFC, meaning he has the joint-longest win streak in the featherweight division, alongside Russia's Movsar Evloev.
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The featherweight title was vacated earlier this year by Ilia Topuria, and former champ Alexander Volkanovski will take on Diego Nunes for the belt at UFC 314 next week.
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Lerone Murphy is calling for a matchup with Brian Ortega, who delivered a brief response in a post on social media.
Knowing his opponent has the power to put heads in the third row, Lerone Murphy seemed to have a simple game plan. Murphy (16-0-1 MMA, 8-0-1 UFC) stayed busy dancing on the outside against Josh Emmett (19-5 MMA,
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