- Lerone Murphy annihilated his “Fight Island” opponent Ricardo Ramos on Wednesday.
- In an entertaining one round bout, one in which Ramos threw spinning but ineffective kicks, Murphy dominated with his ground-and-pound.
- It should be no surprise that Murphy is a tough in-cage competitor, as he was once shot twice in the face but spat the bullets out before driving himself to hospital.
- Watch the highlights of his “Fight Island” win below.
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FIGHT ISLAND – A 28-year-old featherweight called Lerone Murphy finished his “Fight Island” opponent with nasty ground-and-pound Wednesday.
Murphy only needed one round to defeat Ricardo Ramos at the Flash Forum on Yas Island, which is a quarantined area in Abu Dhabi that the UFC is using to provide its international athletes with competition during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Ramos had eye-catching moments in the bout but it all too often involved spinning, ineffective, ninja kicks. The Brazilian, 24, failed to nail either of his two takedown attempts, and landed 10 of 29 strikes.
Murphy was far more efficient with his attacking output, landing 24 of his 42 strikes, and took Ramos down with one of his two takedown attempts.
It was that takedown which led to the end of the fight as Murphy inflicted nasty ground-and-pound onto his opponent.
Watch the violence here:
STILL UNDEFEATED!
🇬🇧 Lerone Murphy with the VICIOUS GnP.
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— UFC (@ufc) July 16, 2020
The UFC president Dana White was pictured looking stunned by Murphy's brutal finish.
It should be no surprise that Murphy is one tough competitor, as the Englishman was once shot twice in the face, spat the bullets out, then drove himself to a hospital, according to MMA Fighting.
With this most recent win, Murphy advances his pro MMA record to nine wins (six knockouts and three decisions) against one draw, unbeaten.
Murphy's victory followed four other matches.
Modestas Bukauskas beat Andreas Michailidis by first round technical knockout, Jared Gordon out-pointed Chris Fishgold, and Liana Jojua submitted Diana Belbita with a first round armbar.
To open the entire fight card Wednesday, which was the UFC's second of four events on "Fight Island" in July, Jack Shore - a hot European prospect - continued his flawless run with a technically adept finish.
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