UFC London - all you need to know

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Lerone Murphy and Movsar Evloev both have nine wins in the UFC

Manchester's Lerone Murphy headlines UFC London in a key featherweight fight against Movsar Evloev at O2 Arena.

The winner is likely to be the next contender for Alexander Volkanovski's UFC title.

Luke Riley, Mason Jones and Michael 'Venon' Page are among a host of British contenders also in action.

You can follow live text commentary of all the action from 21:00 GMT on Saturday, 21 March on the BBC Sport website and app.

Everything you need to know about the event is below.

What are the UK times for UFC London?

The main card is expected to start at 20:00 GMT, with the headline fight between Murphy and Evloev pencilled in for a 22:30 start.

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UFC London full fight card & running order

Main card from 20:00 GMT:

  • Lerone Murphy v Movsar Evloev - featherweight

  • Luke Riley v Michael Aswell Jr - featherweight

  • Michael 'Venom' Page v Sam Patterson - welterweight

  • Iwo Baraniewski v Austen Lane - light-heavyweight

  • Roman Dolidze v Christian Leroy Duncan - middleweight

  • Kurtis Campbell v Danny Silva - featherweight

Preliminary card from 17:00:

  • Mason Jones v Axel Sola - lightweight

  • Nathaniel Wood v Losene Keita - featherweight

  • Louie Sutherland v Brando Pericic - heavyweight

  • Matas Kondratavicius v Antonio Trocoli - middleweight

  • Mario Pinto v Felipe Franco – heavyweight

  • Shem Rock v Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady - lightweight

  • Shanelle Dyer v Ravena Oliveira - strawweight

  • Melissa Mullins v Luana Carolina – bantamweight

How do Murphy and Evloev's records compare?

Both featherweights are on a brilliant run in the UFC and are defending unbeaten records.

Evloev, 32, is 19-0 with seven finishes, while 34-year-old Murphy has 17 wins and one draw on his record.

Murphy is a knockout specialist - with eight among his 17 wins - and produced one of the knockouts of the year in 2025 when he stopped Aaron Pico via spinning back elbow last August.

Both men's recent wins have been impressive, with Murphy beating Pico, Dan Ige and Edson Barboza.

Evloev may have the edge in competition faced, with wins over former bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling, Arnold Allen and recent title challenger Diego Lopes.

Both fighters favour the head in striking, with 65% of Murphy's strikes landing there and 80% of Evloev's.

Neither man has a prolific finishing rate, with 63% of Evloev's fights going the distance and 53% of Murphy's.

All in all, the featherweights are evenly matched on paper.

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