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Murphy welcomed Pico to the UFC in the co-main event at UFC 319 in August 2025 in Chicago. While Murphy was a slight underdog, he starched Pico with a spinning back elbow in the first round. Murphy recently revealed that the happiness from watching that knockout never fades for him. “The Iceman” wishes he had a way to keep track of the number of times he has watched that knockout. Murphy notes that the significance of the knockout was amplified by the timing, the precision, the high stakes, as well as the magnitude of the event.
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“That was cold. I wish I had a counter to see how many times I actually watched that,” Murphy told the UFC. “I’ve watched that knockout a million times. I will watch that until I’m dead, until I’m old… The happiness I get from watching it never goes. I feel like if I’m down, I might as well just watch this and bring me back up. It’s the precision, the timing of it and because he was putting me under so much pressure as well. And the magnitude of the fight, there’s so much that goes into it. Because if that was at the Apex on the prelims, it wouldn’t have been the same.”
Pico (13-5) was touted as a training partner of Khamzat Chimaev going into his UFC debut. Chimaev dethroned Dricus Du Plessis to win the middleweight title in the main event at UFC 319. Pico was expected to enter the featherweight title picture, if not earn the next gold bid, with a potential win over Murphy.
Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski said that Murphy might have sealed the next title shot by foiling Pico’s debut. However, the next title shot went to Diego Lopes, who came up short for the second time against Volkanovski at UFC 325 last month. Murphy (17-0) and Movsar Evloev (19-0) will now compete in a potential title eliminator at UFC London on March 21 at the O2 Arena in London. Meanwhile, Pico hasn’t fought since his loss against Murphy.
“I will watch that KO until I’m dead, until I’m old” – Lerone Murphy can’t stop watching his spinning elbow knockout of Aaron Pico.
“I wish I had a counter to see how many times I actually watched that. I’ve watched that knockout a million times. I will watch that until I’m… pic.twitter.com/OOOzboZf9O
— Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) February 10, 2026
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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