UFC bantamweight title challenger Lauren Murphy started in MMA to find out if she was capable of doing something as physically and mentally challenging as fighting another person in a cage.
She answered that question and then some, and now that she’s on the cusp of a shot at the dominant UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko, she believes her evolution will be demonstrated when they meet at UFC 266, which takes place Sept. 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
“That goal post has been moved so much throughout my entire career, and so that’s always the question I’m always asking myself is, ‘What am I capable of?