Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-05-18, some good exchanges but not enough to get three stars: mma fight Edson Barboza vs Lerone Murphy gets two (UFC Fight of the Night – check out our rankings of the fights Best Mma Fights of 2024).Murphy vs Barboza is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 18 at home. UFC Apex in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA), in a five-round featherweight bout (145 lbs, 66 kg); this is the main event of UFC Vegas 92 (also known as UFC Fight Night 241 or UFC on ESPN+ 99). Watch the video and Rate this fight!
Edson Barboza record
Black belt in tae-kwon-do Edson Barboza Join this fight with a professional record of being 11-24-0 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as 15 featherweight in the world.
He lost two consecutive matches from 2021 to 2022 against Giga Chikadze (Edson Barboza vs. Giga Chikadze) and Bryce Mitchell (Edson Barboza vs. Bryce Mitchell), but he later defeated Billy Quarantillo (Billy Quarantillo vs. Edson Barboza) and Sodiq Yusuff (Edson Barboza vs. Sodiq Yusuff).
Lerone Murphy’s record
His opponent, the undefeated one Lerone Murphyhave a record 13-0-1 (54% ko/tko win rate – he’s never won via submission) and he finished 38th at featherweight.
The only person who stopped him to a draw was Zubaira Tukhugov in 2019, since then he has won 5 fights defeating Gabriel Santos and Joshua Culibao in 2023.
Battle card
Here’s the full fight card for UFC Vegas 92 (we’ll update it after weigh-ins):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN+)
Edson Barboza vs Lerone Murphy
Carlston Harris vs Kalinn Khaos Williams
Themba Gorimbo vs Ramiz Brahimaj
Adrian Yanez vs Vinicius Salvador
Angela Hill vs. Luana Pinheiro
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+)
Tom Nolan vs. Victor Martinez
Oumar Sy vs Tuco Tokkos
Melissa Gatto vs. Tamires Vidal
Abusupiyan Magomedov vs Warlley Alves
Piera Rodríguez vs. Ariane Carnelossi
Heili Alateng vs Kleydson Rodrigues
Emily Ducote vs. Vanessa Demopoulos
Press conference before the match
Watch the UFC Vegas 92 pre-fight press conference featuring Lerone Murphy and Edson Barboza for free!
Consider
Watch the UFC Vegas 92: Barboza vs Murphy fight and confrontation video from Ufc’s official Youtube channel!
Full fight video/highlights
Below we will post the best videos of the Edson Barboza vs Lerone Murphy match right after the match ends. If you’ve seen the entire fight, you can rate it at the end of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook etc. and are not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Result
Who won the Barboza vs Murphy fight?
Lerone Murphy defeated Edson Barboza by unanimous decision. The score is 49–46, 50–45, 50–45.
Interview after the match
Hear the words of the winner or two fighters after their fight, here is Edson Barboza and Lerone Murphy’s UFC Vegas 92 post-fight octagon interview.
Press conference after the match
Watch and listen to the official post-fight press conference video of UFC Vegas 92, main eventing Lerone Murphy and Edson Barboza (free live stream from the UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Youtube channel).
Bonus prizes
UFC Vegas 92 Fight of the Night: Edson Barboza vs Lerone Murphy
UFC Vegas 92 Performances of the Night: Khaos Williams, Angela Hill
