Sijara Eubanks is favored against Lauren Murphy at UFC Fight Night 131 on Friday night in Utica, New York. This event is one of four fights on the FS1 portion of the preliminary card. Eubanks is 2-2 in her career, while Murphy is 10-3 in her career. There are total of six fights on the main card at UFC Fight Night 131, with the headliner a bout between Jimmie Rivera and Marlon Moraes. There are also a total of seven fights on the preliminary card with four on FS1 and three on UFC Fight Pass. Let’s look at the bout between Eubanks and Murphy and UFC predictions.
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Sijara Eubanks (2-2, UFC debut)
Eubanks is making her UFC debut. In her four fights, she has two wins and two losses. She defeated Gina Begley by TKO and Amber Lynn Orr by TKO while losing to Katlyn Chookagian by unanimous decision and Aspen Ladd by unanimous decision. Eubanks has been a pro since 2015 and has two wins by TKO. She has two first round finishes.
Sijara Eubanks said this fightful.com about her UFC debut against Murphy, “I hope so (that a title shot is near), I don’t think there is too much they can say (after) I beat Lauren. I think that puts me right up there, in the media and from what I heard; they (the UFC) are trying to match Nicco up with Valentina (Shevchenko). Is that happens…it happens, it’ll come…my time for a title shot will come. I think beating Lauren definitely keeps me in the heat and right up at the top.”
Lauren Murphy (10-3, 2-3 UFC)
Murphy came into the UFC with a record of 8-0 and she has two wins and three losses in the UFC. She defeated Kelly Faszholz by TKO and Barb Honchak by split decision while losing to Sara McMann by split decision, Liz Carmouche by unanimous decision, and Katlyn Chookagian by unanimous decision. Murphy has been a pro since 2010 and has seven wins by TKO/KO. She has two first round finishes.
Lauren Murphy said this to fightful.com about her upcoming fight with Eubanks, “They kind of blew it up on the show a little bit and I think Sijara has kind of blown it up a little bit, honestly I don’t care. There could be anybody across the ring from me and…Sijara was mad at me because she thought I was trying to take her spot in the tournament when she was having trouble making weight. To me…that’s what a smart competitor does; everybody should’ve been trying to do that on the show. I don’t feel bad about that and when she did miss weight on the finale, I was like look…see, I was doing the right thing.”
Striking Stats
Strikes landed per minute: Eubanks 0.00 / Murphy 3.82
Accuracy: Eubanks 0% / Murphy 41%
Strikes absorbed per minute: Eubanks 0.00/ Murphy 3.58
Defense: Eubanks 0% / Murphy 59%
Grappling Stats
Takedown average: Eubanks 0.00/ Murphy 1.20
Accuracy: Eubanks 0% / Murphy 33%
Takedowns defended: Eubanks 0% / Murphy 65%
Submission average: Eubanks 0.0/ Murphy 0.0
UFC Predictions
This is the UFC debut for Eubanks and we really don’t know just how good she is. We know that Murphy isn’t that good, as she has lost three of her five UFC bouts. I will lay the price and take Eubanks in this fight.
UFC Fight Night 131 takes place on Friday, June 1, 2018 at the Adirondack Bank Center in Utica, New York, featuring Jimmie Rivera vs. Marlon Moraes. There are six fights on the main card on FS1 and seven on the preliminary card, with four on FS1 and three on UFC Fight Pass.
Main Card (FS1)
Bantamweight – Jimmie Rivera -120 vs. Marlon Moraes
Lightweight – Gregor Gillespie -475 vs. Vinc Pichel
Heavyweight – Walt Harris -287 vs. Daniel Spitz
Welterweight – Jake Ellenberger -170 vs. Ben Saunders
Featherweight – Julio Arce -170 vs. Daniel Teymur
Light Heavyweight – Sam Alvey -135 vs. Gian Villante
Preliminary Card (FS1)
Women’s Flyweight – Sijara Eubanks -155 vs. Lauren Murphy
Lightweight – David Teymur -270 vs. Nik Lentz
Welterweight – Belal Muhammad - 375 vs. Chance Rencountre
Lightweight – Desmond Green -255 vs. Gleison Tibau
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Women’s Strawweight – Jessica Aguilar -135 vs. Jodie Esquibel
Bantamweight – Nathaniel Wood -270 vs. Johnny Eduardo
Flyweight – Jose Torres -190 vs. Jarred Brooks
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