Elliot Worsell
The Real Notorious Part 7: The Comeback – Lee Murray’s future plans
It has been nearly 14 years since Lee Murray last had a professional fight. To him, those 14 years are a mere inconvenience – a prolonged, frustrating delay – but far from an indication his fighting days are over. Instead, for as long as he’s able to form a couple of fists, and for as […]
The Real Notorious Part 6: The Last Fight – Lee Murray vs Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva didn’t want to stand with Lee Murray when the pair fought at Wembley Conference Centre 14 years ago. He beat him (that was never really in doubt), and walked away with a Cage Rage middleweight title, but the Brazilian, they said, wasn’t keen to strike with his confrontational opponent, and this, in the […]
The Real Notorious Part 5: Sin City – Lee Murray on his UFC debut
In terms of a first impression, there can be nothing eerier than the image of Lee Murray walking to the Octagon dressed as Hannibal Lecter ahead of his UFC debut against Jorge Rivera on January 31, 2004. Kitted out in an orange prison jumpsuit and mask, essentially muzzled, Murray looked calm and comfortable, unnervingly so. […]
The Real Notorious Part 4: Street Fighting Man – Lee Murray on the infamous brawl with Tito Ortiz
Lee Murray vs. Tito Ortiz. It’s one of many fights omitted from Lee Murray’s professional MMA record but one spoken and written about perhaps more than any other. Based on eyewitness accounts, what we know for certain is that a testosterone and alcohol-fueled melee took place during the early hours of July 14, 2002. It […]
The Real Notorious Part 3: Lee Murray and The American Dream
Although Lee Murray spends a lot of time alone these days, one thing’s clear: he’s a people person. Indeed, were it up to him, he’d be surrounded by them. Close by, right next to him, he’d have his family and friends, and just outside this inner circle you’d find a lot of the old coaches […]
The Real Notorious Part 2: Krusty and the Count
All the time I’m watching footage of Conor McGregor go toe-to-toe with a bus, I’m wondering what Lee Murray would do in the same situation. Something similar, I suspect. The chaos. The confusion. The controversy. But the damage and the terror would be far greater. That much is obvious. I witness it from every angle. […]
The Real Notorious: Lee Murray breaks silence from Moroccan jail — Part 1: The Bank Job
“Free Lee Murray.” That’s what people used to say, even if they didn’t necessarily mean it, almost a decade ago. It somehow found its way on to T-shirts and website forums and became one of those cult, iconic MMA phrases that meant a lot to only a few. It signified a place and time. You […]