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UFC leans hard into Josh Emmett’s Aldo Raine’ing of Bryce Mitchell to preview Lerone Murphy headliner

The UFC is back in its “Sin City” home base this week with UFC on ESPN 65 in Las Vegas.

In the main event, Josh Emmett (19-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) takes on unbeaten featherweight Lerone Murphy (15-0-1 MMA, 7-0-1 UFC), who is about a 3-1 favorite to keep his unbeaten record intact.

The promotion has released a preview/hype video ahead of Saturday’s headliner, and it features prominently Emmett’s most recent win: a brutal finish of Bryce Mitchell.

Check out the UFC Vegas 105 preview video above.

UFC on ESPN 65 (ESPN/ESPN+) takes place Saturday at the UFC Alex in Las Vegas.

UFC on ESPN 65 lineup

MAIN CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 9 p.m. ET)

  • Josh Emmett vs. Lerone Murphy
  • Joanderson Brito vs. Pat Sabatini
  • ChangHo Lee vs. Cortavious Romious
  • Gerald Meerschaert vs. Brad Tavares
  • Luis Gurule vs. Ode Osbourne
  • Torrez Finney vs. Rob Valentin

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2/ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)

  • Dione Barbosa vs. Diana Belbita
  • Daniel Frunza vs. Rhys McKee
  • Loma Lookboonmee vs. Istela Nunes
  • Pedro Falcao vs. Victor Henry
  • Martin Buday vs. Uran Satybaldiev
  • Talita Alencar vs. Vanessa Demopoulos

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 65.

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