Lauren Murphy opens up about her emotional first UFC victory and reveals how she gets turned on by a bloody brawl. The ranked women’s bantamweight also discussed her upcoming fight at UFC Fight Night 91 in South Dakota on July 13th. *Please note, the final two paragraphs of this article include potential Game of Thrones spoilers.
Back in February, at UFC Fight Night 83 in Pittsburgh, PA, Lauren Murphy let it all hang out. In front of a blue-collar crowd she and late-replacement Kelly Faszholz slugged each other until a bloodied Faszholz could defend herself no more. The referee stepped between the women in the dying seconds of the last round and then raised Murphy’s crimson soaked mitt in victory.