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Why Lerone Murphy Hired a Mental Coach Before UFC London

Related Topics: UFC Fight Night 147, Aaron Pico

Lerone Murphy will walk into UFC London as a home-country headliner who has already survived more than most fighters face in a career, and he says bringing a mental performance coach into his camp is the latest step in maximising what he can produce on fight night. The Manchester featherweight meets unbeaten contender Movsar Evloev in a fiveu2011round main event at the O2 Arena on 21 March, a bout widely viewed as a title eliminator at 145 pounds.

Lerone Murphy: Chasing the extra 1%

Murphy describes himself as naturally confident but turned to a mental coach to fineu2011tune his approach ahead of the highestu2011stakes bout of his career.