Lauren Murphy has responded to her loss to Valentina Shevchenko in the co-main event of UFC 266 on Saturday night, and the one-time flyweight title challenger was candid about her performance.
Murphy was dominated against Shevchenko and was unable to do anything offensively to deter the champion over the course of the fight. The ‘Bullet’ appeared to be on her way to another unanimous decision win before a right hand stunned ‘Lucky’ late in the fourth round. Shevchenko followed up with a perfectly timed head kick and a barrage of punches up against the cage, where she then took Murphy to the ground and unloaded with elbows that went unanswered, which forced referee Keith Peterson to stop the action.