UFC London live results: Movsar Evloev vs. Lerone Murphy updates, round-by-round scoring, highlights

Antonio Trocoli is in pursuit of his first UFC win after going 0-3 to start his Octagon career. Meanwhile, Mantas Kondratavicius debuts after a successful win on Contender Series

Heavyweight action comes at us — maybe not fast, but hopefully, furious. Louie Sutherland battles Brando Pericic.

Al-Selwady has been overwhelming Rock since the end of Round 1. Rock is taking his time to deliver solid combinations, finding minimal success. A finish may be necessary.

Shem Rock is back and ready to score his first UFC win. Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady has other plans, finally making his debut after four canceled fights.

Dyer blitzes Oliveira and gets it done in the second! Relentless flurry for the Brit. A head kick really set the wheels in motion for the big finish.

Shanelle Dyer enters the UFC off a Contender Series loss and a PFL run. Ravena Oliveira also seeks her first win in the Octagon. Strawweights kick off UFC London.

By now, faithful Uncrowned readers may know that I love me some Nathaniel Wood, and I’ll ride with him more often than not. His matchup with Losene Keita is no exception.

Despite that, Mason Jones takes center stage of the prelim gang. “The Dragon” has put things together since his first UFC run, rattling off a six-fight win streak that includes his two UFC return dubs. Both performances against Jeremy Stephens and Bolaji Oki were magnetic, reaffirming why Jones garnered the hype he did years ago.

Other than that, expect some one-sided wallopings to start your morning here stateside, as the UFC London prelims were not organized to deliver competitive outcomes.

By Drake Riggs

Winning has long been the best cure for respect and validity in sports. Top UFC featherweight contender Movsar Evloev has exclusively resided in that circle of success. Still, he has yet to sniff a world championship at the MMA pinnacle.

Evloev’s golden pursuit hasn’t been due to a lack of effort. Undefeated in 19 professional fights dating back to 2014, the Russian mauler rides an impressive nine-fight stretch within the UFC ahead of his first main event opportunity at UFC London on Saturday. Standing in his way is the equally impressive talent, Lerone Murphy, who hasn’t tasted defeat in his entire 18-fight career since 2016.

Pitting two undefeated entities against each other is always a recipe for excitement. In the case of this clear-cut 145-pound contender duel, Evloev firmly believes it’s the best fight across the board — with or without a title on the line.

“Whether we get the belt for this or not, obviously, we’re not fighting for a championship. But I think that the work that he’s put in up until now, the experience that he’s went through, the experience that I lived through as a fighter, I think this is a championship-caliber fight,” Evloev told Uncrowned through an interpreter. “We’re doing the five rounds; we’re not getting the hardware for it, but there’s no other way to look at it, as this is what the two champions fighting for the belt would look like. So, with everything that we have to put into this specific fight, I think this is straight up the highest level of the game. Both him and I are looking at this as important as if it was already a fight for the title.

“If you take away all of the hype and all of the media that’s behind it, if you just look at it as two sportsmen going at it, this is the highest level of the sport. Just on the competition level, there’s no higher level of competition in this division than Lerone Murphy vs. Movsar Evloev right now. “

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It’s fight morning, if you reside stateside. The UFC has gone across the pond once again, with featherweights taking the spotlight. Here’s the slate of action on tap atop the hour.