{"id":76128,"date":"2025-08-17T23:35:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T23:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/76128\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T23:35:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T23:35:22","slug":"alexander-volkanovski-accepts-lerone-murphys-title-shot-after-ufc-319-ko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/76128\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Volkanovski accepts Lerone Murphy\u2019s title shot after UFC 319 KO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight contender Lerone Murphy put his name into the \u2018knockout of the year\u2019 conversation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-319-du-plessis-vs-chimaev-start-time-full-results-espn-mma\/383346\/highlights-lerone-murphy-ices-aaron-pico-with-epic-spinning-back-elbow-knockout-ufc-319\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">when he iced<\/a> UFC rookie Aaron Pico in the first round with a brutal spinning elbow in the co-main event of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-results\/381692\/ufc-319-results-live-streaming-updates-du-plessis-vs-chimaev-ppv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 319<\/a> last night (Sat., Aug. 16, 2025) from inside United Center in Chicago, Illinois (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-319-du-plessis-vs-chimaev-start-time-full-results-espn-mma\/383346\/highlights-lerone-murphy-ices-aaron-pico-with-epic-spinning-back-elbow-knockout-ufc-319\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watch highlights<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">During his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan, Murphy called for a Featherweight title shot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThis sport is all about moments, and I just created one,\u201d Murphy said. \u201cI needed something like this. I took the fight on three weeks\u2019 notice. I believed in myself. I knew the opportunity was there. I\u2019m next in line. Let\u2019s go, Volkanovski.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It did not take Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski long to respond to \u201cThe Miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cSee you in December, Lerone Murphy. Congrats,\u201d Volkanovski wrote on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">UFC CEO Dana White <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4w643KgMVQE?si=A8_Ew5vPJPDMjyyg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">even seemed into<\/a> a potential Volkanovski-Murphy matchup, saying \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4w643KgMVQE?si=A8_Ew5vPJPDMjyyg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I love it<\/a>\u201d when asked his thoughts on Volk accepting the callout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Obviously, the elephant in the room is No. 1-ranked (and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/4\/22\/24414247\/disliked-movsar-evloev-believes-ufc-is-keeping-him-far-away-from-the-featherweight-i-am-not-worthy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">disliked<\/a>) Featherweight Movsar Evolev still floating out there, but with him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/7\/14\/24467808\/report-no-2-ranked-featherweight-movsar-evloev-out-of-ufc-abu-dhabi-aaron-pico\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pulling out of the fight against Pic<\/a>o, for the time being, a title shot will not be in his future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Murphy (17-0) has nine wins inside the Octagon and is tied with Evolev with the longest winning streak in the promotion. His last three wins before tonight were Josh Emmett, Dan Ige, and Edson Barboza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">What say you, Maniacs? Are you into a Volkanovski-Murphy title fight in December?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For more UFC 319 results, coverage, and highlights click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-results\/381692\/ufc-319-results-live-streaming-updates-du-plessis-vs-chimaev-ppv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight contender Lerone Murphy put his name into the \u2018knockout of the year\u2019 conversation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,51993,40762,785,85,51992,1396,6656],"class_list":{"0":"post-76128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-full-results","12":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","13":"tag-mma","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-ufc-319-du-plessis-vs-chimaev-start-time","16":"tag-ufc-news","17":"tag-ufc-results"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}