After winning eight gradual quarrels in Manchester’s Murphy promotion, Pico came into the bout with the sixth in the UFC’s Fedarweight rankings.
Despite the line of victory, Murphy’s reserved personality means reserved personality compared to some of his brash peers means that he has sometimes failed to get a credit for his work in Ashtakona.
Before facing Pico, Murphy also wins five direct decisions and also affected the lack of highlight reel moments with Murphy.
But all this changed with Pico’s stunning knockout.
The American, who was making his UFC debut after creating a difficult reputation in the Belter, made his UFC debut in 13 out of 17 matches.
He struggled to get Tackedown with early pressure, landing combinations and Murphy.
But after navigating the first three minutes, Murphy used Pico ahead of Pico, as he moves around, descends a crisp elbow to give a knockout and the American crashes and sends it to the floor.
Murphy said, “Pico is good, this is the hardest first minute I had ever done. But he was very aggressive and I used his aggression against him.”
UFC Chairman Dana White often praises fighters who step on short notice and showed Murphy immediately after the competition by providing $ 50,000 (£ 36,900) performance-d-night bonus.
The UFC commentator and former heavyweight and light-waveweight champion Daniel Cormier later touched Murphy for a title shot.
“This Leron Murphy is the next reason what he did, to get down the spinning elbow. All the other people can wait in the line,” Comere said.
