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The much-discussed meeting between undefeated featherweights Movsar Evloev and Lerone Murphy is official to headline UFC London on March 21 at the O2 Arena in London, England.

Evloev and Murphy are widely considered to be the two top contenders in the UFC's 145-pound division. Both men were expected to be in the running to challenge UFC champion Alexander Volkanovski. However, that role was ultimately given to Diego Lopes for the second time in nine months at UFC 325 — a decision met by significant controversy. 

Volkanovski dispatched Lopes with another one-sided decision this past Saturday in Sydney, Australia, then advocated for one of either Evloev or Murphy to be his next challenger. As such, it's very likely that the winner of UFC London's main event will move on to challenge Volkanovski in the summer.

Evloev (19-0) is a perfect 9-0 under the UFC umbrella, but his rise has been slowed by long stretches of inactivity. The 31-year-old Russian has been sidelined since a December 2024 win over former featherweight champion Aljamain Sterling. He also holds notable victories over Lopes and Arnold Allen.

Murphy (17-0-1) is also 9-0-1 inside the UFC, a run culminating with a highlight-reel spinning back elbow knockout of Aaron Pico this past August that captured Uncrowned's Knockout of the Year award. Included among Murphy's undefeated run are wins over veteran contenders Josh Emmett, Dan Ige and Edson Barboza.

The official UFC London fight card can be seen below.

Main card (Paramount+)

Featherweight: Movsar Evloev vs. Lerone Murphy

Featherweight: Luke Riley vs. Michael Aswell.

Welterweight: Michael Page vs. Sam Patterson

Light heavyweight: Iwo Baraniewski vs. Austen Lane

Middleweight: Roman Dolidze vs. Christian Leroy Duncan

Featherweight: Danny Silva vs. Kurtis Campbell

Preliminary card (Paramount+)

Lightweight: Mason Jones vs. Axel Sola

Featherweight: Nathaniel Wood vs. Losene Keita

Heavyweight: Louie Sutherland vs. Brando Pericic

Middleweight: Mantas Kondratavicius vs. Antonio Trocoli

Heavyweight: Mick Parkin vs. Mario Pinto

Lightweight: Shem Rock vs. Abdul-Kareem Al-Sewady

Strawweight: Shanelle Dyer vs. Ravena Oliveira

Alexander Volkanovski may be inching closer to the end of his legendary career, but he's still as good as ever. The 37-year-old future Hall of Famer defended his title Saturday at UFC 325 with yet another victory over Diego Lopes, outpointing Lopes across five closely contested rounds inside Sydney, Australia's Qudos Bank Arena.

With the win, Volkanovski moves into a tie with retired legend José Aldo for the most featherweight title defenses (8) in UFC history.

Undefeated featherweight contender Movsar Evloev was unsurprisingly quick to chime in following the conclusion of UFC 325's main event. Many within MMA felt that Lopes' title shot should've gone to either Evloev or fellow unbeaten contender Lerone Murphy, considering that Lopes already lost to Volkanovski in April. Evloev applauded Volkanovski for his efforts Saturday night and then reiterated his desire to face the champ before Volkanovski rides off into the sunset in retirement:

Great fight by @alexvolkanovski, he showed that you can get better at that age. I can’t wait to share a cage to show why I am different that these guys!

Volkanovski ultimately mentioned both Evloev and Murphy in his post-fight interview as possible opponents for him this year. The Australian great has indicated that 2026 will likely be his final year, and thus he hopes to compete as many times as possible while he still can.

Check out Evloev's reaction to Volkanovski's win below, plus more from around the MMA landscape.

Check out full UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 results and highlights here, as well as Uncrowned's play-by-play for the entire main card.

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Watch the Teofimo Lopez vs. Shakur Stevenson live stream online here on Uncrowned for Saturday's big Lopez vs. Stevenson fight card from New York's fabled Madison Square Garden. Teofimo Lopez looks to defend his WBO super lightweight title against fellow pound-for-pound staple Shakur Stevenson atop a main card that also features the return of Keyshawn Davis and WBC featherweight title bout between Bruce Carrington vs. Carlos Castro.

The champ Lopez (22-1, 13 KOs) is a significant betting underdog (+260) on BetMGM against the challenger Stevenson (24-0, 11 KOs), who is also the current WBC lightweight champion.

The Lopez vs. Stevenson four-fight main card kicks off at 8 p.m. ET on DAZN pay-per-view. Prior to that, a two-fight undercard streams live and free at 6 p.m. ET below. Featured on that preliminary card is a super middleweight bout between Austin Williams and late-replacement Wendy Toussaint, as well as Ziyad Almaayouf vs. Kevin Castillo in a super lightweight bout.

Main Card (DAZN PPV, 8 p.m. ET)

• WBO super lightweight title: Teofimo Lopez vs. Shakur Stevenson

• Super lightweight: Keyshawn Davis vs. Jamaine Ortiz

• WBC featherweight title: Bruce Carrington vs. Carlos Castro

• Heavyweight: Jarrell Miller vs. Kingsley Ibeh

Live-streamed undercard (Uncrowned, 6 p.m. ET)

• Super middleweight: Austin Williams vs. Wendy Toussaint

• Super lightweight: Ziyad Almaayouf vs. Kevin Castillo

For full coverage of Lopez vs. Stevenson, including live results, play-by-play and highlights of the entire Teofimo Lopez vs. Shakur Stevenson main card, check out Uncrowned's Lopez vs. Stevenson hub.