Lauren Murphy wanted to ‘be the spoiler’ against Miesha Tate at UFC Long Island this past Saturday. And she got exactly what she wanted.
‘Lucky’ returned to the Octagon following her fourth-round TKO loss to Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 266 in September. Her next assignment was against Tate, the former champion moving from bantamweight to flyweight for the first time in her professional career. It felt as though all eyes were on ‘Cupcake,’ who hoped to defeat the one-time title challenger in what would be the ’statement of her career’ thus far.