UFC Fight Night: Evloev vs. Murphy Live Winners and Losers, Results
If you needed malevolence with your March Madness, the UFC had you covered.
London's O2 Arena was the Saturday location of choice for the MMA conglomerate as it produced a 13-bout Fight Night show that featured a pair of unbeaten, title-hungry featherweights in the main event.
Russian Movsar Evloev and local favorite Leone Murphy, ranked first and third, respectively, behind champion Alexander Volkanovski, were set for a five-rounder to determine who'll be next for the popular Australian belt-holder.
Unbeaten in 19 fights since a 2014 debut, Evloev had won nine straight decisions—eight unanimous, one split—since arriving to the UFC in 2019, including a three-rounder over former bantamweight king Aljamain Sterling in December.
Murphy, meanwhile, was 17-0-1 since 2016 and had also won nine in a row, including three KOs, since a split draw with Zubaira Tukhugov in his UFC debut.
B/R's combat team delivered a real-time rundown of the show's definitive winners and losers. See what we came up with and drop a thought of your own in the app comments.
Winner: Sidestepping Squabbles
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Just when it looked like a controversial decision, it wasn't.
Neither Evloev nor Murphy seemed at all surprised when the Russian emerged with a majority verdict after a competitively compelling five-round main event in which the Englishman started fast before his visiting opponent finished strong.
Evloev earned a pair of 48-46 margins, winning the first, third and fifth rounds on the cards of judges Ben Cartlidge and Derek Cleary. Judge Clemens Werner had it 47-47, with Murphy winning the first and second and Evloev taking the third and fifth.
The fourth round was even, 9-9, on all three cards after Evloev was penalized one point for a second low kick infraction. B/R's card had 47-47 as well, matching Werner's tallies.
The broadcast team seemed convinced that Evloev needed a finish to secure any better than a draw entering the final round, with analyst Michal Bisping suggesting that Murphy had won the first three rounds. A bloodied Murphy, though, apologized to the home crowd and conceded that he "fell short" while losing for the first time in 11 UFC fights.
Evloev's 10-win streak is the second-longest active run in the promotion, trailing only Islam Makhachev's 16.
"I think my punches are hard enough to hurt my opponent even If I don't finish him," said Evloev, who landed 124 strikes to Murphy's 89 and had nine takedowns in 10 attempts. "Look at (Murphy), he's damaged."
Winner: Co-Main Competitiveness
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Every fighter suggests a willingness to endure adversity for a victory.
Luke Riley seems not only willing, but particularly able.
The Liverpool-based featherweight took some heavy early fire from a particularly determined Michael Aswell Jr. before gradually seizing control and cracking the American with enough thudding strikes to warrant a unanimous decision win in the co-main event.
"There's such a difference in the crispness and technique of Riley's shots," Bisping said. "They're beautiful to watch."
The win was a 13th in a row and second straight in the UFC for the unbeaten 25-year-old, whose corner team included popular English lightweight Paddy Pimblett.
"I'll give it a 5 out of 10, if that," Riley said. "I'm a perfectionist. But I won, so a lot of people are gunning for me now. Bring 'em on."
Loser: Boring The Boss
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One man flitted around the perimeter. The other stalked cautiously without an authentic commitment to violence. And the London crowd, which had been revved for the card's only all-British showdown, drowned out the broadcast team with its boos.
It's no surprise then that Dana White didn't look thrilled.
The UFC boss sat impassively at cage-side as ex-training partners Michael Page and Sam Patterson sucked the life out of the building with a tedious three-rounder at welterweight that'll warrant a place among the promotion's biggest flops of 2026.
Page and Patterson combined for nine landed strikes in the first round and 16 in the second before closing the show with a fight-high 33 in the third, during which Patterson was also denied on his lone pair of takedown attempts across 15 minutes.
The judges awarded Page for his forward movement, with one giving him all three rounds while the other two each gave him two of three.
It was the 13th-ranked Page's third straight win and fourth in five UFC fights while Patterson saw a four-fight win streak end with his first loss since 2023.
Winner: Skills Over Size
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Iwo Baraniewski is hardly the UFC's biggest light heavyweight.
Still, his 6 feet, 206 pounds were more than enough to topple an ex-NFL player.
The Polish judo ace scored his eighth straight first-round stoppage as a pro and third straight with the promotion when he decked Austen Lane with a two-punch combination and followed up long enough to get a stop after just 28 seconds.
It was Lane's first appearance in the weight class after he'd gone 1-4 as a heavyweight—losing all four by finishes—since a Contender Series win in 2022. The 38-year-old was a fifth-round pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2010 and played 30 games with two teams across four seasons before retiring in 2015.
None of it mattered against Baraniewski, who landed 10 strikes on the way to the second-fastest finish in a career that began in 2023.
"I'm ready for the 15 minutes. But if I catch a punch, I'll finish in the first round," he said. "I'd love to show my judo base, my grappling base. But knockout is knockout. It is what it is."
Loser: Following The Path
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Roman Dolidze's path was, if not exactly simple, at least uncomplicated.
The 11th-ranked middleweight needed to get Christian Leroy Duncan to the mat to keep their fight from turning into a prolonged distance striking contest.
This just in: He couldn't do it. Not often enough to matter anyway.
The 37-year-old from the Georgian republic did take his English foe down twice in the first round and once again in the third, but horizontal mauling wasn't enough to offset the vertical margin Duncan established while landing 51 significant strikes to Dolidze's nine.
All three judges scored it 29-28—or two rounds to one—for Duncan, a winner in four straight UFC fights and seven of nine since his arrival in 2023.
"For this one, it was about escaping everything he does," Duncan said. "We got the win and it puts us in a great position going forward."
Winner: Ignoring The Noise
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The sudden silence was deafening.
Not long after English fan favorite Kurtis Campbell had strutted to the cage aiming for a memorable UFC debut to prolong a career-long unbeaten streak, things got quiet.
Instead, unheralded featherweight foe Danny Silva stayed composed during Campbell's chase for a finish in Round 1, then capitalized on his foe's compromised gas tank with a series of power shots early in the second that yielded a shocking TKO finish.
The official time was 31 seconds.
Silva, whose last fight was a decision loss to streaking contender Kevin Vallejos, dropped Campbell with a hard right hand, followed with a punishing flurry and then dumped him again to draw the intervention of referee Rich Mitchell.
"The plan was to pressure him and break him," Silva said. "I had predicted that I would knock him out in the second. He's a good grappler but this ain't grappling, this is fighting."
Winner: Pushing The Limits
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Now and then, you see a fight that makes you wonder how a human body—regardless of conditioning—can take such vast punishment while continuing to function.
Lightweights Mason Jones and Axel Sola provided that fight on Saturday.
The Welshman and his French counterpart spent 15 minutes beating the blood, sweat and tears out of one another, but neither took a prolonged stepped back on the way to delivering what blow-by-blow man John Gooden correctly labeled "a prelim classic."
"These guys will certainly remember one another for many years to come," Gooden said. "These boys certainly know how to entertain. MMA at the highest level. Toughness personified as well."
Jones was ultimately awarded a unanimous decision, earning two rounds on two cards and all three on the third.
"I think I can be an example for everyone of never f--king giving up," Jones said. "If you want something, the only person in your way is you. Whether it's gambling or sport, double down and bet on yourself to win."
Winner: Defending The House
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Nathaniel Wood is tough to beat anywhere.
But in England, it's downright impossible…at least when it comes to the UFC.
The popular 32-year-old ran his home turf record with the promotion to 6-0 with a tactical split decision over a nearly 3-to-1 favorite in Belgian newcomer Losene Keita.
Two cards gave Wood two of three rounds to offset the third that had it 2-1 for Keita.
It was a fourth straight win and 11th in 14 UFC outings for the winner, who hasn't lost in England since he was submitted via armbar to Mike Cutting in 2015.
"Still unbeaten in London," Gooden said. "He keeps this fortress intact."
Loser: Justifying Hype
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Maybe Mario Pinto really is the next big thing.
But you wouldn't know it based on what he showed Saturday.
The London-based heavyweight arrived with eight finishes in 11 wins—including two straight in the UFC last year—but the hype machine sputtered noticeably through three sleep-inducing rounds Brazilian newcomer Felipe Franco.
Pinto did emerge with his unbeaten record intact after a unanimous decision, but he spent far more time against Franco pondering his next moves rather than executing consistent offense.
By the end of 15 minutes, a partisan crowd was restless, and a cheerleading broadcast team had lost some of its enthusiasm.
"I still think Pinto has a lot of potential and I said so coming in," Bisping said. "But this isn't the performance I thought we would see."
Loser: Looking The Part
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You've got to wonder what's next for Antonio Trocoli.
The Brazilian middleweight stands 6'5", possesses a pterodactyl-like reach and looks like the prototype for a championship-caliber UFC competitor.
But it's not translated to anything so far.
The 35-year-old was punched, kicked, bloodied and ultimately beaten for nearly every moment of 15 minutes while dropping a wide decision to once-beaten prospect Mantas Kondratavičius in their prelim card encounter.
It's a fourth UFC straight loss for Trocoli, who had a Contender Series draw in 2019 and followed it with a third-round TKO and a first-round submission in 2024 and another first-round loss in 2025.
Kondratavičius, who went beyond two rounds for the first time, earned a 30-27 verdict on one scorecard and 29-27 nods on each of the others.
Winner: Familiar, But Different
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The result was a fourth straight first-round TKO.
But those familiar with Brando Peričić might appreciate the subtleties he showed before hammering Louie Sutherland into a quick rescue from referee Marc Goddard.
The official time was just 1:48 of the first, but Peričić managed the TKO only after being taken to the ground twice by his 264-pound foe in the first 60 seconds.
He began landing counter shots as Sutherland charged forward in search of a third takedown, hurting the Englishman and ultimately dropping him into a turtling position from which Goddard had no choice but to pull the plug.
It was Peričić's second straight win in the UFC and prompted a post-fight session in which he called for another big man when the promotion heads to Australia in May.
"The bigger, the badder, the better," he said. "I'll knock out every c--t in this division."
Loser: Corner Conversations
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Paul Rimmer knew the score.
Though his Liverpool-based fighter, Shem Rock, was the crowd favorite and had landed intermittently flashy shots through two rounds against Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady, the trainer was aware his man was not doing nearly enough to earn a first UFC win.
So, he made his feelings known.
"This isn't the Ultimate Defending Championship," Rimmer yelled as Rock sat on the between-rounds stool. "You're down 2-0. Now you've got to finish him."
Still, while it certainly qualified as memorable, it wasn't effective.
Rock sleep-walked through the final five minutes, too, and, other than a post-fight smack landed when Al-Selwady refused a glove touch, walked away with nothing to show for his efforts other than a shutout loss on all three scorecards.
Loser: The Weighting Game
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Adjustments to a Fight Night card are hardly uncommon.
But having two bouts impacted alongside a teary-eyed weigh-in leans novel.
English bantamweight Melissa Mullins was looking forward to her first UFC fight on home turf and was full-on emotional on the scale upon hitting the 136-pound number, but her match with 10-fight UFC veteran Luana Carolina was ultimately scuttled when Carolina tipped in eight pounds over at 144.
It's another miss in a prolonged series for Carolina, 32, who'd previously encountered difficulties with a 126-pound limit while fighting as a flyweight and may have put her future with the promotion in jeopardy with the latest foible.
Elsewhere, strawweight Ravena Oliveira lost a percentage of her fight purse after missing the 116-pound limit by half a pound, then was struck into a second-round TKO oblivion by Shanelle Dyer in the Londoner's official UFC debut.
"The game plan was always to knock her out," Dyer said. "I'm taking them one by one and I'm coming for that belt."
Full Card Results
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Main Card
Movsar Evloev def. Lerone Murphy by majority decision (48-46, 48-46, 47-47)
Luke Riley def. Michael Aswell Jr. by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Michael Page def. Sam Patterson by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Iwo Baraniewski def. Austen Lane by TKO (punch), 0:28, Round 1
Christian Leroy Duncan def. Roman Dolidze by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Danny Silva def. Kurtis Campbell by TKO (punches), 0:31, Round 2
Preliminary Card
Mason Jones def. Axel Sola by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Nathaniel Wood def. Losene Keita by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Mario Pinto def. Felipe Franco by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Mantas Kondratavičius def. Antonio Trocoli by unanimous decision (20-27, 29-27, 29-27)
Brando Peričić def. Louie Sutherland by TKO (punches), 1:48, Round 1
Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady def. Shem Rock by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Shanelle Dyer def. Ravena Oliveira by TKO (punches), 1:17, Round 2
