Lauren Murphy

Lauren Marie Murphy is an American professional mixed martial artist. She currently fights in the women’s flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. She is the former Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion. As of November 23, 2020, she is #3 in the UFC women’sFlyweight rankings.

About Lauren Murphy in brief

Summary Lauren MurphyLauren Marie Murphy is an American professional mixed martial artist who currently fights in the women’s flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. She is the former Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion. As of November 23, 2020, she is #3 in the UFC women’sFlyweight rankings. Murphy said about starting martial arts: \”I took my son to a Jiu Jitsu class in late 2009, and I took the class with him to encourage him. I fell in love with it and started going all the time. I began training MMA about 3 months later, and took my first pro fight 3 months after that.

I did not have any amateur fights. I didn’t want to do that to my son. I wanted to do it for me. I want to make him proud of me.’’ Murphy began her pro mixed martial arts career in Alaska on June 9, 2010, fighting in the featherweight division. She won four straight fights and captured two featherweight titles; one for Alaska Fighting Championship and one for the now-defunct promotion Alaska Cage Fighting.