Lauren Murphy

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Lauren Murphy

Nickname“Lucky”

Record

16-7

Streak

L2

Age

43

Date of birth

Jul 27, 1983

Fighting out of: Anchorage
Born: United States
Camp: Gracie Barra Katy
Weight class: Women's Flyweight
Height: 5'5" · 165 cm
Reach: 67" · 170 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Jul 12, 2025
Cut risk: 50%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Eduarda Moura

Women's Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira · Jul 12, 2025

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira

Jessica Andrade

#6Jessica Andrade

Women's Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill · Jan 21, 2023

UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill

Miesha Tate

Women's Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez · Jul 16, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez

Valentina Shevchenko

CValentina ShevchenkoTitle

Women's Flyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Half Guard · R4 · 4:00

UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega · Sep 25, 2021

Punches to Head From Half Guard

UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega

Joanne Wood

Women's Flyweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 · Jun 12, 2021

UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2

Liliya Shakirova

Liliya Shakirova

Women's Flyweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R2 · 3:31

UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje · Oct 24, 2020

Rear Naked Choke

UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje

Roxanne Modafferi

#5Roxanne Modafferi

Women's Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov · Jun 20, 2020

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov

Andrea Lee

Women's Flyweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes · Feb 8, 2020

UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes

Mara Romero Borella

#10Mara Romero Borella

Women's Flyweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Head In Clinch · R3 · 1:46

UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler · Aug 3, 2019

Knee to Head In Clinch

UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler

Sijara Eubanks

#2Sijara Eubanks

Women's Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. Moraes · Jun 1, 2018

UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. Moraes

Barb Honchak

Women's Flyweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale · Dec 1, 2017

The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale

Katlyn Cerminara

Katlyn Cerminara

Women's Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker · Jul 13, 2016

UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker

Kelly Faszholz

Women's Bantamweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Mount · R3 · 4:55

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy · Feb 21, 2016

Punches to Head From Mount

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy

Liz Carmouche

#8Liz Carmouche

Women's Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs. Lamas · Apr 4, 2015

UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs. Lamas

Sara McMann

Women's Bantamweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Saint Preux · Aug 16, 2014

UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Saint Preux

Outside the UFC

8-0across 8 bouts · 6 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 2 decInvicta · LFC 18 · ACF · Alaska Fighting Championship 79 · AFC 76 +1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Miriam Nakamoto2-1	KO/TKO	Knee Injury	R4	0:23	Invicta	Dec 7, 2013
W	Sarah D'Alelio11-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Invicta	Jul 13, 2013
W	Kaitlin Young12-13-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Invicta	Apr 5, 2013
W	Jennifer Scott2-3	KO/TKO	Elbows	R1	4:10	LFC 18	Mar 1, 2013
W	Julia Griffin1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:26	ACF	Oct 28, 2011
W	Willow Bailey2-1	KO/TKO	Retirement	R2	3:00	Alaska Fighting Championship 79	Jan 12, 2011
W	Leslie Wright1-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:25	AFC 76	Oct 13, 2010
W	Kloiah Wayland1-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:17	Alaska Fighting Championship	Jun 9, 2010

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallD38th

38%864 / 2,245

Striking accuracy

56%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.25 differential

Landed3.94

Absorbed5.19

62%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head75%69th644
Body13%24th116
Leg12%43rd104

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

73%Standing

Standing73%628
Clinch15%129
Ground12%107

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Lauren Murphy

Lauren Murphy

Landed per 15

Head

A

72nd

44.1

72nd

Body

F

19th

7.9

19th

Leg

D

37th

7.1

37th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

F

21st

50.0

21st

Body

C

49th

13.4

49th

Leg

F

14th

14.4

14th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	44.1	644	1,963	33%
Body	7.9	116	164	71%
Leg	7.1	104	118	88%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	50.0	731	2,073	35%
Body	13.4	196	304	64%
Leg	14.4	210	256	82%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Lauren Murphy

Lauren Murphy

15 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 219 min

138%

R3 pace · 14 bouts

Murphy builds (+18% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Murphy lifts to 138% of round-1 output by round 3 (14 bouts).

Lauren Murphy

Murphy ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Lauren Murphy

Murphylanded / min

Takedown attempts

Lauren Murphy

Murphyattempts / min

Control time

Lauren Murphy

Murphy% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.7	3.7	5.5	0.20	8%	15
R2	5.6	3.6	4.3	0.35	25%	15
R3	6.7	4.8	5.4	0.36	21%	14
R4	0.5	0.5	11.8	0.00	0%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Lauren Murphy

Lauren Murphy

15 resolved UFC bouts · 8 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

56/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

89th

64%

89th

Win quality

C

45th

38%

45th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

6

4

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div champHeld a title in another weight class at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	6	2-4	33%
Ranked 6–15	4	3-1	75%
Cross-div champ	1	1-0	100%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Eduarda Moura	Ranked 6–15	48	Jul 12, 2025
L	Jessica Andrade#6	Top-5	90	Jan 21, 2023
W	Miesha Tate	Cross-div champ	67	Jul 16, 2022
L	Valentina ShevchenkoCHAMP	Champion	100	Sep 25, 2021
W	Joanne Wood	Ranked 6–15	59	Jun 12, 2021
W	Liliya Shakirova	Unproven	8	Oct 24, 2020
W	Roxanne Modafferi#5	Top-5	82	Jun 20, 2020
W	Andrea Lee#8	Ranked 6–15	74	Feb 8, 2020
W	Mara Romero Borella#10	Ranked 6–15	71	Aug 3, 2019
L	Sijara Eubanks#2	Top-5	89	Jun 1, 2018
W	Barb Honchak	Top-5	56	Dec 1, 2017
L	Katlyn Cerminara	Cross-div ranked	32	Jul 13, 2016
W	Kelly Faszholz	Unproven	8	Feb 21, 2016
L	Liz Carmouche#8	Top-5	80	Apr 4, 2015
L	Sara McMann#4	Top-5	83	Aug 16, 2014

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

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