After a health-oriented hiatus that lasted nearly 16 months, Emmett (19-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) returned and dropped a unanimous decision to undefeated Murphy (16-0-1 MMA, 8-0-1 UFC) in Saturday’s featherweight headliner at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, putting a wrench in his title aspirations.

Lerone Murphy may not have been the fan favorite in the UFC Vegas 105 main event, but he did more than enough to earn a victory over Josh Emmett to stay undefeated in his career. It was a technically sound performance from Murphy as he outstruck Emmett round after round and frustrated the one-time interim title challenger,