Aaron
Pico is confident he can defeat Lerone
Murphy in a rematch.

Pico made his
Ultimate Fighting Championship debut against Murphy at
UFC 319 last year. Murphy knocked Pico out with a spinning back
elbow in the opening round and the latter now wants to run it
back.

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Why Aaron Pico wants another shot at Lerone Murphy

Pico believes he was beating Murphy before he got caught with the
spinning elbow. The former Bellator
fighter is certain he beats Murphy in a rematch and believes a win
over the Englishman brings him closer to a title shot.

“I want that fight,” Pico told MMA Junkie. “And people are gonna
ask me, ‘Why do you want that fight?’ I’m a competitor; I want to
fight and get that one back. I mean, obviously, you watch the
fight, I was beating him up. I would have just been a little bit
smarter and would have gotten that win. But there’s a lot of
lessons that came because of the loss. And that’s the reason that I
would love to run it back. And why wouldn’t I? He’s Top 5 in the
world, so it just puts me closer to fighting for a title and I know
I can beat him.”

Pico (15-5) has since rebounded with wins over Patricio
Freire and Losene
Keita. Meanwhile, after beating Pico, Murphy (17-1-1) suffered
his first professional loss in a featherweight title eliminator
against Movsar
Evloev.

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