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How Lerone Murphy survived being shot in the face in Manchester to become UFC's fast-rising star

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Pinned to the canvas just minutes into his first fight, you could have forgiven Manchester's first UFC star Lerone Murphy for feeling like things weren't quite going to plan.But nothing could have been further from the truth.For this was not just the realisation of his dream.

It was more than that, it was a miracle.So much so that prospect Lerone, 29, is now known in fighting circles as 'The Miracle.'And it was entirely fitting that he climbed off the canvas and shocked many in the world of mixed martial arts (MMA) as he dominated many of the later exchanges and claimed a shock draw against Zubaira Tukhugov, a close pal of Connor McGregor's conqueror Khabib Nurmagomedov, in September last year.For, just six-and-a-half years earlier Lerone.

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