Touchdown some of the spectacular victories of her Octagon tenure so far, one-time flyweight title challenger, Lauren Murphy has labeled herself as a “unhealthy motherf*cker” off the again of a dominant unanimous determination win over former bantamweight greatest, Miesha Tate.
Murphy, who challenged flyweight champion, Valentina Shevchenko for undisputed divisional gold final September within the co-headliner of UFC 266, suffered a one-sided fourth spherical knockout loss.
Returning to the Octagon for the primary time since in Saturday’s most important card opener at UFC Lengthy Island, Murphy bloodied and battered divisional newcomer, Tate over the course of three rounds to land a unanimous decision win over the Washington veteran.
Slicing Tate with a collection of strikes, Murphy appeared to interrupt the previous’s nostril within the second spherical, in addition to trigger extreme harm to her left orbital bone, touchdown a bruising elbow on the break of a clinch trade.
Reflecting on her spectacular win over former undisputed bantamweight greatest, Tate, Murphy advised assembled media how good it felt to combine all her weapons on the UBS Area occasion.
“I really feel good,” Lauren Murphy mentioned. “I really feel good that I used to be capable of take her down, be ok with the elbows I landed. It felt good that she couldn’t take me down. Quickly as my butt hit the bottom, I used to be proper again up. I wrestled laborious. I stayed targeted. A whole lot of the stuff that we did in observe occurred tonight, and it simply feels good to come back again and get a win over a former champion. No one’s going to stroll over me on this division. And like I mentioned within the interview, once I’m wholesome and I’m targeted, I’m a pressure.”
Lauren Murphy welcomes a title-eliminator at 125lbs subsequent
Eyeing a possible title-eliminator towards UFC Paris options, Katlyn Chookagian, or Manon Fiorot subsequent, Murphy donned herself as a “unhealthy motherf*cker” within the division.
“There’s been massive victories that I’ve had the place I’m nearly in disbelief like, ‘Oh, I can’t imagine I received that. That’s f*cking wonderful.’” Lauren Murphy defined. “And proper now, I really feel like. ‘Yeah, I received that as a result of I’m a badass. I’m a foul motherf*cker. I ought to’ve (received).’ I had the power to win fights like that, and I really feel like I’m proper the place I belong.” (Transcribed by BloodyElbow)
