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Lauren Murphy

Women's Flyweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #20; v1.1 (shadow) #18

Descriptive profile. The resume rank is what has been earned; these statistics are context, not a prediction. A test on Oct 20, 2026 found that career statistics add nothing reliable to age, layoff and experience as predictors of the next result (experiments/REGISTER.md, EXP-2026-10-20-14).

Weight band 19-20: the 10th to 90th percentile of her position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,534, deviation 136: measured from 15 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 43 (born 1983-07-27) · Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) · Reach 67 in (170 cm) · Stance Orthodox · 477 days since last bout (2025-07-12) · Last five 2-3 · Streak L2

Why she is ranked here

Rating 1,534 is the division's 20th highest of 37 board fighters after an inactivity penalty of 32 points for 477 days without a bout; the ledger stands at +0.8 (+1.8 from quality wins, +0.1 from close losses to top-5 fighters, less 1.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 5 quality wins in 15 years, 5 over top-10 opponents, which makes her entrenched; form penalty 0.15 for a 2-3 last five. Score -0.09 = -0.02 (rating term, 70% weight) +0.08 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.15 (form penalty); score order put her at #20.

TermValueDetail
Score-0.0970% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term-0.02resume rating 1,534 (raw 1,566 less inactivity penalty 32), scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term+0.08quality ledger +0.8: +1.8 QW +0.1 proof -0.0 blowout -1.0 weak
Form penalty0.15last five 2-3
Quality wins, 15 years55 over top-10 opponents, 5 over top-15; entrenched
Placementscore order #20v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#18score -0.16; score order #18

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

Last ten bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2025-07-12UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. TeixeiraEduarda MouraunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)48%
2023-01-21UFC 283: Teixeira vs. HillJessica Andrade#6Lunanimous decision3 (5:00)29%
2022-07-16UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. RodriguezMiesha Tate#10Wunanimous decision3 (5:00)50%
2021-09-25UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega (title)Valentina ShevchenkoCLKO/TKO4 (4:00)21%
2021-06-12UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2Joanne Wood#6Wsplit decision3 (5:00)38%
2020-10-24UFC 254: Khabib vs. GaethjeLiliya ShakirovaunrankedWsubmission2 (3:31)56%
2020-06-20UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. VolkovRoxanne Modafferi#6Wunanimous decision3 (5:00)51%
2020-02-08UFC 247: Jones vs. ReyesAndrea Lee#8Wsplit decision3 (5:00)35%
2019-08-03UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. LawlerMara Romero Borella#10WKO/TKO3 (1:46)40%
2018-06-01UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. MoraesSijara Eubanks#2Lunanimous decision3 (5:00)51%

Opp. official rank = the UFC media-panel rank of the opponent on the date (C champion, #1 to #15, unranked; n/a before Feb 2013 or where no official board existed). Model p = the predictive model's pre-fight win chance for her (frozen performance-adjusted Elo; bouts before 2020 were in its tuning sample). Linked opponents have a profile.

Career statistics

Through 2026-10-31, UFC bouts only. Percentile = share of the 37 board fighters at Women's Flyweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute3.94(54th percentile at Women's Flyweight)
Significant strike accuracy38%(16th percentile at Women's Flyweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.07(54th percentile at Women's Flyweight)
Share of wins by finish38%(64th percentile at Women's Flyweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute5.19(89th percentile at Women's Flyweight)
Significant strike defence57%(57th percentile at Women's Flyweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.00(54th percentile at Women's Flyweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career1,137(100th percentile at Women's Flyweight)
KO/TKO losses1 (last 2021-09-25, 1,863 days ago)(89th percentile at Women's Flyweight)
Submission losses0(65th percentile at Women's Flyweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.019(62nd percentile at Women's Flyweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes1.09(51st percentile at Women's Flyweight)
Takedown defence67%(50th percentile at Women's Flyweight)
Share of cage time in control17%(51st percentile at Women's Flyweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground27%(73rd percentile at Women's Flyweight)
Stylemixed (4.4 takedown attempts per 15 min; 17% control)
Career stage
Age43.3(100th percentile at Women's Flyweight)
Age at UFC debut31.1(83rd percentile at Women's Flyweight)
Years since UFC debut12.2(100th percentile at Women's Flyweight)
UFC bouts15(86th percentile at Women's Flyweight)
Cage time, minutes219(86th percentile at Women's Flyweight)
Bouts per year, last three years0.3(8th percentile at Women's Flyweight)
Days since last bout477(92nd percentile at Women's Flyweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C510152020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-10-06: #9, Women's Flyweight2023-10-13: #9, Women's Flyweight2023-10-20: #9, Women's Flyweight2023-11-03: #9, Women's Flyweight2023-11-10: #9, Women's Flyweight2023-11-17: #9, Women's Flyweight2023-12-01: #8, Women's Flyweight2023-12-08: #8, Women's Flyweight2023-12-15: #8, Women's Flyweight2024-01-12: #8, Women's Flyweight2024-01-19: #8, Women's Flyweight2024-02-02: #10, Women's Flyweight2024-02-09: #10, Women's Flyweight2024-02-16: #10, Women's Flyweight2024-02-23: #10, Women's Flyweight2024-03-01: #10, Women's Flyweight2024-03-08: #10, Women's Flyweight2024-03-15: #11, Women's Flyweight2024-03-22: #12, Women's Flyweight2024-03-29: #12, Women's Flyweight2024-04-05: #12, Women's Flyweight2024-04-12: #12, Women's Flyweight2024-04-26: #12, Women's Flyweight2024-05-03: #13, Women's Flyweight2024-05-10: #14, Women's Flyweight2024-05-17: #13, Women's Flyweight2024-05-31: #14, Women's Flyweight2024-06-07: #14, Women's Flyweight2024-06-14: #14, Women's Flyweight2024-06-21: #14, Women's Flyweight2024-06-28: #14, Women's Flyweight2024-07-12: #14, Women's Flyweight2025-07-18: #19, Women's Flyweight2025-07-25: #20, Women's Flyweight2025-08-01: #19, Women's Flyweight2025-08-08: #19, Women's Flyweight2025-08-15: #20, Women's Flyweight2025-08-22: #18, Women's Flyweight2025-09-05: #16, Women's Flyweight2025-09-12: #16, Women's Flyweight2025-09-26: #16, Women's Flyweight2025-10-03: #15, Women's Flyweight2025-10-10: #16, Women's Flyweight2025-10-17: #16, Women's Flyweight2025-10-24: #15, Women's Flyweight2025-10-31: #15, Women's Flyweight2025-11-07: #15, Women's Flyweight2025-11-14: #15, Women's Flyweight2025-11-21: #16, Women's Flyweight2025-12-05: #16, Women's Flyweight2025-12-12: #18, Women's Flyweight2026-01-23: #15, Women's Flyweight2026-01-30: #15, Women's Flyweight2026-02-06: #15, Women's Flyweight2026-02-20: #15, Women's Flyweight2026-02-27: #15, Women's Flyweight2026-03-06: #15, Women's Flyweight2026-03-13: #15, Women's Flyweight2026-03-20: #15, Women's Flyweight2026-03-27: #15, Women's Flyweight2026-04-03: #16, Women's Flyweight2026-04-10: #17, Women's Flyweight2026-04-17: #17, Women's Flyweight2026-04-24: #15, Women's Flyweight2026-05-01: #15, Women's Flyweight2026-05-08: #15, Women's Flyweight2026-05-15: #15, Women's Flyweight2026-05-29: #15, Women's Flyweight2026-06-05: #15, Women's Flyweight2026-06-13: #17, Women's Flyweight2026-06-19: #17, Women's Flyweight2026-06-26: #17, Women's Flyweight2026-07-10: #15, Women's Flyweight2026-07-17: #16, Women's Flyweight2026-07-24: #16, Women's Flyweight2026-07-31: #16, Women's Flyweight2026-08-07: #16, Women's Flyweight2026-08-14: #16, Women's Flyweight2026-08-21: #16, Women's Flyweight2026-08-28: #16, Women's Flyweight2026-09-04: #17, Women's Flyweight2026-09-11: #17, Women's Flyweight2026-09-18: #18, Women's Flyweight2026-09-25: #18, Women's Flyweight2026-09-26: #18, Women's Flyweight2026-10-03: #18, Women's Flyweight2026-10-10: #18, Women's Flyweight2026-10-17: #19, Women's Flyweight2026-10-24: #19, Women's Flyweight2026-10-31: #20, Women's Flyweight#20

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better). Absent from 42 of 132 snapshots (gaps in the line).

Predictive rating by bout

1,4501,5001,5501,60020172019202120232025Aug 2014Oct 20262014-08-16: 1,475 (L vs Sara McMann)2015-04-04: 1,477 (L vs Liz Carmouche)2016-02-21: 1,530 (W vs Kelly Faszholz)2016-07-13: 1,512 (L vs Katlyn Cerminara)2017-12-01: 1,509 (W vs Barb Honchak)2018-06-01: 1,470 (L vs Sijara Eubanks)2019-08-03: 1,498 (W vs Mara Romero Borella)2020-02-08: 1,514 (W vs Andrea Lee)2020-06-20: 1,545 (W vs Roxanne Modafferi)2020-10-24: 1,550 (W vs Liliya Shakirova)2021-06-12: 1,562 (W vs Joanne Wood)2021-09-25: 1,543 (L vs Valentina Shevchenko)2022-07-16: 1,568 (W vs Miesha Tate)2023-01-21: 1,531 (L vs Jessica Andrade)2025-07-12: 1,494 (L vs Eduarda Moura)1,494

Rating after each UFC bout from the frozen predictive model (performance-adjusted Elo, data/processed/elo_history.csv; a debut starts at 1,500). The resume rating's history is not stored, so this is the predictive line, which is a different number from the resume rating in the header.

Trajectory

Recent performances run about 125 points behind the rating: fighters this age typically run 115 points behind their rating, and her own recent results put her a further 11 points behind.

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component-115what fighters aged 43.3 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results-11her recency-weighted mean and trend over 15 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend -3 points a year
Combined-125the rating's likely distance from her current performance level, in rating points
Readingbehind ratingahead of, in line with (within 30 points), or behind the rating

Performance relative to the rating, by age

-1.0-0.5+0.0+0.5+1.030323436384042442014-08-16 (age 31.1): L vs Sara McMann, residual -0.012015-04-04 (age 31.7): L vs Liz Carmouche, residual +0.022016-02-21 (age 32.6): W vs Kelly Faszholz, residual +0.462016-07-13 (age 33.0): L vs Katlyn Cerminara, residual -0.152017-12-01 (age 34.3): W vs Barb Honchak, residual -0.032018-06-01 (age 34.8): L vs Sijara Eubanks, residual -0.332019-08-03 (age 36.0): W vs Mara Romero Borella, residual +0.482020-02-08 (age 36.5): W vs Andrea Lee, residual +0.062020-06-20 (age 36.9): W vs Roxanne Modafferi, residual +0.222020-10-24 (age 37.2): W vs Liliya Shakirova, residual +0.372021-06-12 (age 37.9): W vs Joanne Wood, residual -0.032021-09-25 (age 38.2): L vs Valentina Shevchenko, residual -0.272022-07-16 (age 39.0): W vs Miesha Tate, residual +0.182023-01-21 (age 39.5): L vs Jessica Andrade, residual -0.382025-07-12 (age 42.0): L vs Eduarda Moura, residual -0.26-0.18

Each dot is one decided UFC bout at her age then: the performance score minus the rating's expectation, on the score's own scale from -1 to +1 (filled = win, hollow = loss; above zero is better than the rating implied; a finish as a slight favourite is about +0.45). The dashed line is the population curve for all fighters; the solid line is this fighter's own fitted level and trend as of the data date, weighted toward recent bouts. One unit sustained over many bouts corresponds to about 695 rating points; a single bout's residual is noisy.

Held-out evidence (walk-forward 2016 to 2026, EXP-2026-10-21-01): the age curve held in every test year; the individual component is a weak signal (correlation 0.06 with the next bout's residual; among fighters aged 33 or over, the lowest predicted quartile won 38% of next bouts against 53% expected, the highest 48% against 52%) and adds nothing to bout prediction beyond the shadow model. No board uses any of it: the rankings answer who has earned the place, not who wins next (EXP-2026-10-20-09). Method: src/mmalab/decline.py; settings: config/decline.yaml (expectation from the resume rating; one unit of residual is about 695 rating points).

Context flags

Descriptive only. Each line is a population fact about fighters like her, not a forecast for her; the register entries hold the measurements.

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