Alexander Volkanovski vs Lerone Murphy

If they fought

A statistical read on a fight that does not exist — no market, no booking, nothing to grade it against.

Alexander Volkanovski 50% Lerone Murphy 50%

Run as an unbooked fight, the numbers favour Alexander Volkanovski at 50% — close enough to be a coin toss — there is no meaningful separation between them.

Our two reads agree, and closely. Both land on Alexander Volkanovski — 50% on the first, 59% on the second, 9 points apart.

The same read puts the chance it goes the full distance at 48%.

KO/TKO

25%

Submission

Decision

67%

These figures come from the same statistical reads we run on real cards, with the betting market removed — there is no market on a fight nobody has booked. Nothing here is timestamped against a result, nothing here is graded, and none of it counts towards our public record. It is a thought experiment with real numbers behind it.

Tale of the tape

Alexander Volkanovski vs Lerone Murphy — the facts, side by side. ▲ marks the reach edge.

UFC 15-3	UFC record	UFC 9-1 (1 draw/NC)
28-4	Pro record	17-1-1
The Great	Nickname	The Miracle
5' 6"	Height	5' 9"
71"	Reach	▲73"
Orthodox	Stance	Orthodox
38	Age	35
145 lbs.	Weight	145 lbs.
Australia	Nationality	—
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	Born in	Manchester, England
Windang, New South Wales, Australia	Fights out of	Manchester, England

Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality and camp from the public fighter register. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s. The UFC record is counted from the official results themselves.

Stat-by-stat

Alexander Volkanovski (left) vs Lerone Murphy (right) — career striking & grappling rates. The fighter ahead on each row is highlighted in their corner colour.

Strikes landed / min

5.99

4.34

Striking accuracy

57%

51%

Strikes absorbed / min

3.31

2.65

Striking defence

58%

60%

Takedowns / 15 min

1.63

1.2

Takedown accuracy

34%

54%

Takedown defence

68%

44%

Sub attempts / 15 min

0.2

0.5

Career averages from public UFC statistics. On “strikes absorbed / min”, fewer is better.

Fights that have happened between them

None.

Alexander Volkanovski and Lerone Murphy have never met in the UFC.

Every matchup on this page is a pairing that has never happened. That is how they are chosen: if these two had already met in the Octagon, there would be a real result to read instead, and this page would not exist.

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