UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy (also known as UFC on ESPN 65 and UFC Vegas 105) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on April 5, 2025, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States.[1]
| UFC on ESPN: Emmett vs. Murphy | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 5, 2025 | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
editA featherweight bout between former interim UFC Featherweight Championship challenger Josh Emmett and Lerone Murphy is expected to headline the event.[2]
A featherweight bout between Giga Chikadze and David Onama was scheduled for this event.[3] However, the bout was moved to UFC on ESPN: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. for unknown reasons.[4]
Fight card
edit| Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Josh Emmett | vs. | Lerone Murphy | ||||
| Featherweight | Pat Sabatini | vs. | Joanderson Brito | ||||
| Bantamweight | Cortavious Romious | vs. | Lee Chang-ho | ||||
| Heavyweight | Kennedy Nzechukwu | vs. | Martin Buday | ||||
| Middleweight | Brad Tavares | vs. | Gerald Meerschaert | ||||
| Middleweight | Torrez Finney | vs. | Robert Valentin | ||||
| Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
| Flyweight | Ode' Osbourne | vs. | Luis Gurule | ||||
| Bantamweight | Davey Grant | vs. | Daniel Santos | ||||
| Welterweight | Rhys McKee | vs. | Daniel Frunza | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Diana Belbiţă | vs. | Dione Barbosa | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Loma Lookboonmee | vs. | Ariane Carnelossi | ||||
| Bantamweight | Victor Henry | vs. | Pedro Falcão | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Vanessa Demopoulos | vs. | Talita Alencar | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Nick Baldwin (2025-02-12). "Report: Emmett-Murphy expected to headline April 5 UFC event". thescore.com. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
- ^ Jesse Holland (2025-02-12). "Featherweight knockout artist tapped to headline UFC Vegas 105 on April 5". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ Sayan Nag (2025-01-12). "Giga Chikadze to face David Onama at UFC Fight Night on April 5". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ Jay Anderson (2025-02-02). "Giga Chikadze vs. David Onama set for April 26 UFC event". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
- ^ "UFC on ESPN: Emmett vs. Murphy". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2025-02-18.