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.
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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