Pitbull calls out Lerone Murphy and lays out his title-shot case
Patricio Pitbull called out Lerone Murphy after UFC 333, arguing their meeting is the only one that makes sense at featherweight and that Murphy (17-1-1), like every other contender, still needs another win.
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Lerone Murphy é o adversário que Patricio Freire quer enfrentar na sequência, e o brasileiro apresentou seus argumentos em público.
O desafio veio depois de Alexander Volkanovski parar Movsar Evloev e manter o cinturão dos penas do UFC no UFC 333. Murphy vinha opinando sobre o cenário dos 145 libras, argumentando que todo concorrente ainda precisa de mais uma vitória antes de disputar o título, e essa tese rendeu uma resposta direta de Freire.
Murphy (17-1-1) disse que lhe falaram que precisava vencer um peso-pena do top 5, acrescentando que o mesmo critério deveria valer para todos.
“Quem é o próximo na disputa pelo cinturão dos penas? Continuo achando que todos os concorrentes precisam de mais 1 luta”, escreveu Murphy no X. “Me disseram que eu preciso vencer alguém do top 5 antes disso, e isso deveria valer para todos.”
Freire (38-9) então percorreu a fila nome por nome para argumentar que uma luta entre eles é a única que se encaixa. Em sua resposta, ele observou que Evloev vem de derrota, que Lopes, Costa e Ortega subiram para os leves, que Sterling está escalado contra Vallejos e que Jean espera sua própria chance ao título. Yair e Allen estão lesionados, segundo Freire, enquanto Zalal, Garcia e Onama vêm de derrotas.
“Sou eu quem faz sentido agora. Vamos fechar isso”, acrescentou.
Murphy se aproximava de uma chance ao título antes de Evloev impor a ele sua primeira derrota profissional em março. Freire tem 2-2 desde que chegou ao UFC, com um nocaute sobre Doo Ho Choi em setembro como sua mais recente apresentação.
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