Murphy vs Ige

Who won Murphy vs Ige?

Lerone Murphy beat Dan Ige by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 308, on Saturday 26th October 2024 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Lerone Murphy.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Murphy vs Ige stats

Lerone Murphy stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 14 wins, zero losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Dan Ige made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Lerone Murphy's 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Dan Ige marked his 19th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Lerone Murphy's UFC record stood at 8-0-1, while Dan Ige's came in at 11-8-0.

The stats suggested Murphy had an advantage in power over Ige, with a 50% knock out percentage over Ige's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ige had a large advantage over Murphy, boasting a 28% submission rate over Murphy's 0%.

Lerone Murphy was the same age as Dan Ige, at 33 years old.

Murphy had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ige. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Murphy was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 1 year and 8 months later than Ige, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 30 less professional rounds, 42 to Ige's 72.

Murphy vs Ige form

Ige had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Nate Landwehr at UFC 289 on 10th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Previous to that, he had beaten Damon Jackson at UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov on 14th January 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in the United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Movsar Evloev at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik on 4th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Josh Emmett at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been defeated by Chan Sung Jung at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest.

Activity check

Ige's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

What time did Murphy vs Ige start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 7:10 PM UTC , which was 3:10 PM EST or 12:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 8:10 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Murphy vs Ige?

Lerone Murphy was a 9/25 (-280) favourite going into the contest, while Dan Ige made his way into the ring at 9/4 (+230) with oddsmakers.