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A featherweight bout between Edson Barboza and Lerone Murphy headlined the event. [2] A women's bantamweight bout between Hailey Cowan and Tamires Vidal was expected to take place at the event. [3] They were originally scheduled to meet at UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Sandhagen in March 2023, but Vidal pulled out due to undisclosed medical reasons. [4]
Lerone Murphy: Decision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy: May 18, 2024: 5 5:00 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Fight of the Night. Win 24–11 Sodiq Yusuff: Decision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza: October 14, 2023: 5 5:00 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Fight of the Night. Win 23–11 Billy Quarantillo: KO (knee)
However, Murphy pulled out in mid January due to an undisclosed injury. [28] Murphy faced Edson Barboza on May 18, 2024, at UFC Fight Night 241. [29] He won the fight by unanimous decision. [30] This fight earned him the Fight of the Night award. [31] Murphy faced Dan Ige on October 26, 2024 at UFC 308. [32] He won the bout via unanimous ...
Yahoo Sports scored the first 10-8 for Yusuff and the third 10-8 for Barboza and had it 48-45 for Barboza. It was a remarkable showing by a veteran known for his brutally damaging leg kicks.
Edson Barboza: vs. Lerone Murphy: Khaos Williams: Angela Hill: $50,000 [30] UFC on ESPN 56: Trey Waters: vs. Billy Goff Carlos Ulberg: Carlos Diego Ferreira: $50,000 [31] UFC 301 — Michel Pereira: Caio Borralho: $50,000 [32] Maurício Ruffy Alessandro Costa UFC on ESPN 55 — Alex Perez: Bogdan Guskov: $50,000 [33] Jhonata Diniz: Uroš Medić ...
Barboza has had his ups and downs in his MMA career, but even though he's just 4-7 in his last 11 outings, he still believes he's good enough to eventually fight for the featherweight title.
MMA Junkie fight analyst Dan Tom takes a closer look at the UFC on ESPN 30 main event between Edson Barboza and Giga Chikadze.
On August 9, 2023, U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware granted class action status to more than 1,200 former UFC fighters who competed between December 2010 and June 2017 and are suing for $800 million upward to $1.6 billion in wages, as the lawsuit claims Zuffa had abused its power to suppress UFC fighters' wages.