Josh Emmett vs Lerone Murphy

Josh Emmett is 19-7-0; Lerone Murphy is 17-1-1. Josh Emmett is 6 years older than Lerone Murphy. Lerone Murphy has a 3" · 8 cm reach advantage over Josh Emmett. Lerone Murphy is 3" · 8 cm taller than Josh Emmett. They have met once: Josh Emmett 0, Lerone Murphy 1.

Josh Emmett

“CC0” · 19-7-0

FeatherweightMet once

Lerone Murphy

“The Miracle” · 17-1-1

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Style & credentials

Josh Emmett

Freestyle WrestlingBJJ

—Purple belt · BJJ
—Lightweight ChampionshipWest Coast Fighting Championship
—Pro California Lightweight ChampionshipISCF
20055th Place · CCCAA State Championships

Camp · Team Alpha Male · Sacramento, US

Lerone Murphy

No background on record

Camp · Apex Combat & Conditioning

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

64%

Head

64%

21%

Body

21%

15%

Leg

15%

Time in position

Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground

Josh Emmettlast 6 fights

76%12%12%

Lerone Murphylast 7 fights

64%21%15%

DistanceClinchGround

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Josh Emmett Lerone Murphy

Strikes landed / min

3.674.34

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Josh Emmett · Average · better than 59% of UFC fightersLerone Murphy · Good · better than 77% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

4.522.65

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Josh Emmett · Poor · better than 19% of UFC fightersLerone Murphy · Good · better than 75% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

1.071.20

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Josh Emmett · Average · better than 46% of UFC fightersLerone Murphy · Average · better than 51% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

37%54%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Josh Emmett · Average · better than 47% of UFC fightersLerone Murphy · Good · better than 82% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

44%44%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Josh Emmett · Poor · better than 17% of UFC fightersLerone Murphy · Poor · better than 17% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.100.50

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Josh Emmett · Below avg · better than 25% of UFC fightersLerone Murphy · Average · better than 56% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1500 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

3.67

Strikes landed / min

4.34

4.52

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

2.65

1.07 / 2.9

Takedowns landed / 15 min

1.20 / 2.2

37%

Takedown accuracy

54%

44%

Takedown defence

44%

0:59

Control time / fight

1:56

0.10

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.50

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Josh Emmett17 UFC fights · 775 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

53%409/1615

18%141/242

13%104/121

Clinch

3%21/39

2%14/16

1%8/8

Ground

9%66/114

1%9/9

0%3/3

Lerone Murphy11 UFC fights · 707 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

51%358/910

17%117/180

14%102/123

Clinch

6%40/53

4%25/26

1%4/4

Ground

7%51/78

1%10/10

0%0/0

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Josh Emmett13 of 26 ended early · 50%13 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

Lerone Murphy8 of 19 ended early · 42%11 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Josh Emmett1-4

L
Kevin Vallejos
UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs Vallejos· Mar 14, 2026
TKO · R1 · 3:33 · Featherweight
L
Youssef Zalal
UFC 320: Ankalaev vs Pereira 2· Oct 4, 2025
Submission · R1 · 1:38 · Featherweight
L
Lerone Murphy
UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs Murphy· Apr 5, 2025
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Bryce Mitchell
UFC 296: Edwards vs Covington· Dec 16, 2023
TKO · R1 · 1:57 · Featherweight
L
Ilia Topuria
UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs Topuria· Jun 24, 2023
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight

Full record · 26 fights

L
Yair Rodriguez
UFC 284: Makhachev vs Volkanovski· Feb 12, 2023
Submission · R2 · 4:19 · Interim Featherweight
W
Calvin Kattar
UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Emmett· Jun 18, 2022
SD · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Dan Ige
UFC 269: Oliveira vs Poirier· Dec 11, 2021
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Shane Burgos
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Volkov· Jun 20, 2020
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Mirsad Bektic
UFC Fight Night: de Randamie vs Ladd· Jul 13, 2019
TKO · R1 · 4:25 · Featherweight
W
Michael Johnson
UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Gaethje· Mar 30, 2019
TKO · R3 · 4:14 · Featherweight
L
Jeremy Stephens
UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs Stephens· Feb 24, 2018
TKO · R2 · 1:35 · Featherweight
W
Ricardo Lamas
UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs Dos Anjos· Dec 16, 2017
TKO · R1 · 4:33 · Featherweight
W
Felipe Arantes
UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs Till· Oct 21, 2017
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
L
Desmond Green
UFC 210: Cormier vs Johnson 2· Apr 8, 2017
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Lightweight
W
Scott Holtzman
UFC Fight Night: VanZant vs Waterson· Dec 17, 2016
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Lightweight
W
Jon Tuck
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski· May 8, 2016
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Lightweight
W
Christos Giagos
West Coast FC 16· Jan 23, 2016
TKO · R3 · 2:21 · Lightweight
W
Rocky Johnson
KOTC: Total Elimination· Oct 3, 2015
Submission · R1 · 2:45 · Catchweight
W
Brandon Ricetti
West Coast FC 12· Nov 15, 2014
DEC · Lightweight
W
Tony Rios
West Coast FC 11· Sep 13, 2014
Unanimous Decision · Lightweight
W
Tremaine Smith
West Coast FC 9· Apr 26, 2014
TKO · R1 · 2:28 · Lightweight
W
Adin Duenas
West Coast FC 8· Feb 15, 2014
Unanimous Decision · Featherweight
W
Noah Schnable
West Coast FC 7· Nov 16, 2013
TKO · R1 · 0:45 · Featherweight
W
Mike Ryan
West Coast FC 6· Aug 3, 2013
Submission · R1 · 1:52 · Featherweight
W
Emilio Gonzales
Capitol Fighting Championships· Oct 8, 2011
Unanimous Decision · Featherweight

Lerone Murphy4-1

L
Movsar Evloev
UFC Fight Night: Evloev vs Murphy· Mar 21, 2026
Majority Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Aaron Pico
UFC 319: Du Plessis vs Chimaev· Aug 16, 2025
TKO · R1 · 3:21 · Featherweight
W
Josh Emmett
UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs Murphy· Apr 5, 2025
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Dan Ige
UFC 308: Topuria vs Holloway· Oct 26, 2024
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Edson Barboza
UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Murphy· May 18, 2024
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight

Full record · 19 fights

W
Josh Culibao
UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs Tybura· Jul 22, 2023
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Gabriel Santos
UFC 286: Edwards vs Usman 3· Mar 18, 2023
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Makwan Amirkhani
UFC 267: Blachowicz vs Teixeira· Oct 30, 2021
TKO · R2 · 0:14 · Featherweight
W
Douglas Silva de Andrade
UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs Magny· Jan 20, 2021
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Ricardo Ramos
UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Ige· Jul 16, 2020
TKO · R1 · 4:18 · Featherweight
D
Zubaira Tukhugov
UFC 242: Khabib vs Poirier· Sep 7, 2019
DRAW · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Manolo Scianna
Full Contact Contender 23· May 18, 2019
TKO · R1 · 2:22 · Featherweight
W
Ayton De Paepe
Celtic Gladiator 22· Nov 30, 2018
Unanimous Decision · Featherweight
W
James McErlean
Evolution of Combat· Sep 1, 2018
Unanimous Decision · Featherweight
W
Terry Doyle
FightStar Championship 14· Apr 14, 2018
TKO · R1 · 0:42 · Featherweight
W
Nathan Thompson
Full Contact Contender 19· Sep 30, 2017
TKO · R1 · 0:48 · Lightweight
W
Jamie Lee
Full Contact Contender 18· Apr 15, 2017
TKO · R1 · 3:55 · Lightweight
W
Tyler Thomas
Tankō FC 3· Feb 11, 2017
TKO · R1 · 1:55 · Lightweight
W
Martin Fouda
Full Contact Contender 15· Mar 5, 2016
Unanimous Decision · Catchweight

Head-to-Head History

UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs Murphy
Sat, Apr 5, 2025
Lerone Murphy
Unanimous Decision · ROUND 5 · 5:00

Common Opponents

How each fared against the same opponents.

Josh EmmettLerone Murphy

WUnanimous Decision · ROUND 3 · 5:00Sat, Dec 11, 2021
Dan Ige
WUnanimous Decision · ROUND 3 · 5:00Sat, Oct 26, 2024

Frequently asked questions

Have Josh Emmett and Lerone Murphy ever fought?

Yes, once. Most recently at UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs Murphy (Sat, Apr 5, 2025), where Lerone Murphy won by Unanimous Decision.

What are the records of Josh Emmett and Lerone Murphy?

Josh Emmett is 19-7-0 and Lerone Murphy is 17-1-1.

Who has the longer reach, Josh Emmett or Lerone Murphy?

Lerone Murphy has the longer reach: 73" · 185 cm against 70" · 178 cm for Josh Emmett, a 3" · 8 cm advantage.

Who is taller, Josh Emmett or Lerone Murphy?

Lerone Murphy is taller at 5'9" · 175 cm; Josh Emmett stands 5'6" · 168 cm.

Who is older, Josh Emmett or Lerone Murphy?

Josh Emmett is 41 and Lerone Murphy is 35.

Who has more finishes, Josh Emmett or Lerone Murphy?

Josh Emmett has 9 wins inside the distance (7 by KO/TKO, 2 by submission); Lerone Murphy has 8 wins (8 by KO/TKO, 0 by submission).