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UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy
Lerone Murphy
Lerone Murphy
15-0-1 · GBR
VS
Josh Emmett
Josh Emmett
19-4 · USA
April 5, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 5 rounds · Main event
145.5lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Lerone Murphy def. Josh Emmett by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Murphy10/240/000:00
Emmett10/281/100:05
R2
Murphy13/210/000:06
Emmett2/82/501:50
R3
Murphy21/360/000:00
Emmett5/251/201:01
R4
Murphy22/410/000:00
Emmett13/380/200:28
R5
Murphy18/350/000:00
Emmett11/440/100:15
Total
Murphy84/1570/000:06
Emmett41/1434/1103:39

Scorecards

Murphy vs Emmett

RdBen CartlidgeEric ColónSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109.2-9.8
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R39-1010-910-99.7-9.3
R410-910-910-99.5-9.5
R510-910-99-109.7-9.3
Total48-4749-4648-4748-47

Media (14 cards) · avg 48.846.2 · 14 Murphy · 0 Emmett

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Murphy-Emmett.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
MurphyWin probabilityEmmett
74.2%25.8%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
7%
Decision
74%
Expected fight time: 21.5 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Murphy, blue toward Emmett. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Murphy74%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%20%23%
Submission4%5%5%
Decision55%75%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes107 (46146)act 84
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.4)act 0
Emmett26%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%19%16%
Submission3%12%3%
Decision18%69%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes77 (33105)act 41
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 4
Combined totals~184 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R16%
R26%
R37%
R44%
R53%
Distance74%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.5%
Murphy
60.2%-153
Emmett
+15339.3%
Most takedownstie 43.7%
Murphy
38.9%-223
Emmett
+22317.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Murphy
Expected: 107.2
107
Over 107
39.6%
+151
Exactly 107
0.5%
push
Under 107
59.9%
-151
0134268
Emmett
Expected: 77.3
77.5
Over 77.5
39.6%
+152
Under 77.5
60.4%
-152
097194
Takedowns — over/under
Murphy
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.5%
+180
Exactly 1
14.6%
push
Under 1
54.9%
-180
035
Emmett
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
25.2%
+297
Under 0.5
74.8%
-297
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 21.5 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Murphy74.2%73.1%+1.1-325
Emmett25.8%26.9%−1.1+254
By method
Murphy by KO/TKO14.5%23.5%−9.0+258
Murphy by submission5.0%4.8%+0.2+1663
Murphy by decision54.7%42.3%+12.4-101
Emmett by KO/TKO5.0%15.9%−10.9+429
Emmett by submission1.7%2.8%−1.1+2958
Emmett by decision19.0%10.8%+8.2+681
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds93.6%81.1%+12.5-637
Over 2.5 rds88.0%73.3%+14.7-365
Over 3.5 rds80.8%64.8%+16.0-229
Over 4.5 rds76.6%57.9%+18.7-161
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision73.7%55.2%+18.5-144

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
78.0Striking60.0
Murphy +18.0
53.9Grappling35.8
Murphy +18.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MurphyEmmett
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1637
Pound-for-pound
1626
1634
Divisional
1614
1517
Striking offense
1518
1517
Striking defense
1512
1505
Grappling offense
1435
1503
Grappling defense
1561
Physical
33 yrs
Age
40 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'6"
73"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.80
Strikes landed / min
4.04
54%
Strike accuracy
36%
2.67
Strikes absorbed / min
4.61
60%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.78
Takedowns / 15 min
0.91
54%
Takedown accuracy
38%
49%
Takedown defense
47%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
71%
+7
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
29%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
476
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Lerone Murphy
  • WDan IgeU-DEC R3
    Close -3265mo before
  • WEdson BarbozaU-DEC R5
    Close -16611mo before
  • WJosh CulibaoU-DEC R3
    Close -1521y 8mo before
  • WGabriel SantosS-DEC R3
    Close -1842y 1mo before
  • WMakwan AmirkhaniKO/TKO R2
    Close -2903y 5mo before
Josh Emmett
  • WBryce MitchellKO/TKO R1
    Close +1851y 4mo before
  • LIlia TopuriaU-DEC R5
    Close +2931y 9mo before
  • LYair RodriguezSUB R2
    Close +1552y 2mo before
  • WCalvin KattarS-DEC R5
    Close +2032y 10mo before
  • WDan IgeU-DEC R3
    Close -1403y 4mo before
Murphy — win / loss by method
Record: 15-0-1

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
7 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
8 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
UFC
7win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
5 (71%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (38%)Decision() 0
Emmett — win / loss by method
Record: 19-4-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
7 wins, 1 loss
W
37% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 2 losses
W
53% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
6 (60%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (22%)Submission() 0
4 (44%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Murphy
Emmett
8
UFC fights
14
109.5 min · 13.7 avg
Octagon time
181.1 min · 12.9 avg
10y 4m
Career length
14y 10m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Murphy
Emmett
119W–31L · 79.3%
Overall
230W–63L · 78.5%
119W–31L · 79.3%
Wins
153W–41L · 78.9%
0W–0L
Losses
77W–22L · 77.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Murphy
Emmett
45W–72L · 38.5%
Overall
50W–51L · 49.5%
45W–72L · 38.5%
Wins
50W–51L · 49.5%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Murphy
Emmett
7.14
Landed / min
3.91
50.1%
Accuracy
33.3%
63.5%
Defense
63.1%
0.27
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.99
52.0%
Time at distance
86.3%
Grappling & control
Murphy
Emmett
1.78
Takedowns / 15 min
0.91
54.2%
Takedown accuracy
37.9%
48.6%
Takedown defense
46.7%
0.55
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.08
44.4%
Control share
61.7%
Strike target map
Murphy
  • Head69%(363)div 63%
  • Body20%(107)div 20%
  • Legs11%(56)div 16%
Emmett
  • Head64%(465)div 63%
  • Body21%(157)div 20%
  • Legs15%(109)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Lerone Murphy
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Josh Emmett
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.