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]
Background
A 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
| Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Torrez Finney | vs. | Robert Valentin | ||||
| Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Rhys McKee | vs. | Daniel Frunza | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Diana Belbiţă | vs. | Dione Barbosa | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Loma Lookboonmee | vs. | Ariane Carnelossi | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Vanessa Demopoulos | vs. | Talita Alencar | ||||
Announced bouts
- Flyweight bout: Ode' Osbourne vs. Luis Gurule[6]
- Bantamweight bout: Davey Grant vs. Daniel Santos[7]
- Bantamweight bout: Victor Henry vs. Pedro Falcão[7]
- Middleweight bout: Gerald Meerschaert vs. Brad Tavares[8]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nolan King (2025-01-26). "Daniel Frunza booked for UFC debut vs. Rhys McKee". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ^ a b Harvey Leonard (2025-02-23). "UFC Matchmaking Bulletin: New Fights For Shevchenko, Prates, Ige And More". mmanews.com. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
- ^ "UFC Vegas 105: High-Stakes Middleweight Showdown Locked In". Athlon Sports. 2025-02-26. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
