Lerone Murphy may be on the cusp of his first UFC title opportunity, but the Manchester native hopes to one day go from the Octagon to the Olympic stage for, of all sports, Pickleball.
In August, ‘The Miracle’ scored his ninth win under the UFC banner, scoring an epic first-round knockout over former Bellator star Aaron Pico in Chicago. The victory seemingly thrust Murphy to the front of the line in the featherweight division, even earning the attention of division champion Alexander Volkanovski.
While his clash with ‘The Great’ feels inevitable, Murphy has aspirations that might even be bigger than a UFC championship.