Biography
English Fighter Lerone Murphy is still known to many MMA lovers, began to perform among professionals since 2016 and has not yet managed to achieve great heights. Russian spectators managed to get acquainted with the athlete during his September fight 2019 with the famous Chechen Zubaira Tukhugov.Childhood and youth
Leron was born in England in the summer of 1991. Details of the biography of an athlete and why began his passion for sports, unknown.
He started the guy from the box, but in 2016 he made his debut in MMA. In his career there were not so many fights, and therefore in the press about it almost nothing write.
Sports career
Debut professional fight was waiting for Leron in March 2016. A person of the young, but the fighter's big hopes became interested in different promotions. Conducting a contract with Full Contact Contender, Murphy goes into octave against an athlete from Sweden Martin Faudes Afana Bipunov, who turned out to be a strong rival and for all rounds responded to the attacks of British. However, after three 5 minutes of the judge, by counting points they gave Lerone.For the next battle, the guy was preparing even more thoroughly, it took it a young athlete for almost a year. The fight against the UK representative Tyler Thomas was held in February 2017. Murphy has developed his own attack tactics and did not lose, sending the opponent in the 2nd minute of the battle with a hand to a technical knockout.
Already 2 months after that, the iconic events appeared again in the ring, now with Jamie Lee. He lasted for 2 minutes longer than the previous opponent Leron, but also in the 1st round it was in technical knockout.
The following contractions ended for Murphy no less well. In September 2017, he was in the 48th second, "british Nathan Thompson", and in April 2018 it was even faster with Terry Deolem (knockout on the 42nd second round of the 1st round).
True, the fight with Irish James McIerley turned out to be difficult for him, both decently held the entire distance, but by the points of the judges, the unanimous decision was awarded to Lerone. And after 2 months, he won the Belgian Eiton de Pathpa again a unanimous decision.
A series of 7 victories could not not attract the attention of larger promoters. Interest in Murphy showed representatives of the UFC, which in early 2019 offered an athlete to conclude a contract. From such a proposal, Murphy could not refuse, accepted it, began to actively prepare for fights with stronger rivals.
Personal life
Not so much is known about the personal life of the athlete. If you judge her by photo Murphy, which he publishes on a personal page in "Instagram", it suggests that the man does not have a man and children. But he relates to his family with great warmth, often posts photos with mom and nephews, accompanying them touching signatures.
Most of the tape occupy snapshots dedicated to training and fighting Leron. And he is engaged in sports not only in the halls, the fighter often trains in the fresh air and beaches, where he comes to relax with friends.
Leron Murphy now
Murphy and now does not stop training in order to not lose the form between performances (height 178 cm, weight 65 kg). In early September 2019, Leron held the first fight under the auspices of the UFC with a native of the Chechen Republic to Zubara Tukhugov. The fans of the latter were looking forward to this meeting, as the athlete did not speak at all for the last 3 years. People waited that he would return to octave and declare a victory.
The fight was difficult for both, the fight lasted the whole distance, Tukhugov managed to catch Leron's front left side, but Murphy quickly equated an account in the remaining two 5 minutes, as a result, the fight in a draw. And although the Englishman did not win, he did not disappoint coaches, as not everyone would have managed to act adequately against such a strong athlete like Zubaira.