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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JULY 12: A detail view of the gloves of Lauren Murphy after announcing her … More retirement during the UFC Fight Night event at Bridgestone Arena on July 12, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) Zuffa LLC UFC veteran and women’s MMA pioneer, Lauren Murphy called it a career on Saturday night in Nashville. Murphy, 41, took a unanimous decision defeat to Eduarda Moura. Murphy took the gloves off in the Octagon and called it a career. After the loss to Moura, Murphy addressed the crowd and left her gloves in the cage—a symbolic gesture that fighters often use to announce retirement. “I came out here and I gave it everything I have. I’ve been in the UFC for 10 years, I’ve been fighting for 15. I wanted to come out and just give it my all one more time, hear the cheers of the crowd and walk out with the American flag. I love all of you guys so much. There’s a lot of people to thank. But first of all, I want to thank me for doing all this motherf—ing hard work. I want to thank me for being a pioneer for women in this sport. I want to thank me for picking myself and dusting myself off every time I got knocked down.” Murphy got the most out of her athletic career. She did just about everything one could imagine in the sport, short of capturing UFC gold. Murphy punched her ticket to the UFC back in 2013 when she won the vacant Invicta bantamweight title with a victory over Miriam Nakamoto. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JULY 9: Lauren Murphy poses for a portrait during a UFC photo session on … More July 9, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa…

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