Generally speaking, when a fighter reaches four, five, six fights in the UFC without suffering a loss, the buzz around them has built to a point where the whispers about their upside that started earlier in their run have grown loud enough to be heard by all.
When the fighter in question hasn’t lost at all and their overall unbeaten streak has crept into double digits, they are usually being talked about as a serious person of interest in their weight class.
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That hasn’t necessarily been the case for Manchester’s Lerone Murphy, who enters his first appearance of 2024 unbeaten in six UFC starts and sporting a 13-0-1 record overall, but feeling like a bit of an unheralded talent in the treacherous featherweight ranks.