Alexander Volkanovski has insisted that Lerone Murphy is a “no-brainer” as his next challenger for the UFC featherweight title, after the Briton’s stunning knockout of Aaron Pico. In the co-main event of UFC 319 on Saturday (16 August), Murphy finished Pico with a spinning back elbow in the first round, brutally ending the latter’s UFC debut.

This past Saturday in the co-main event of UFC 319, we saw a massive matchup in the featherweight division. Promotional […]

Getty/UFC Lerone Murphy's UFC 319 win might have sealed a title shot for him. While Movsar Evloev has long been the frontrunner in the race for a featherweight title shot, it has unfortunately evaded him thus far.