Lerone Murphy will face Nate Landwehr in UFC Colombus, March 26, as Brit tries to crack the FW top-15 with a fourth octagon victory

Lerone Murphy, a UFC featherweight prospect, will make his long-awaited American debut in March.

SunSport has been informed by multiple sources that Nate Landwehr, a surging 145lb fighter, will be facing him at UFC Fight Night 205. It will take place in Colombus (Ohio) on March 26.

The promotion was rumored to give the Manchester native the chance to fight on his home turf on the card in London.

SunSport however, understands that the UFC's long-awaited return at The O2 Arena is full.

After three consecutive wins in the premier promotion for mixed martial arts, the 'Miracle" is on top.

American Landwehr will be entering the contest after a victory in the third round over Ludovit Kel - which increased his UFC record by 2-2.

Murphy, Manchester Top Team's featherweight prospect, is widely considered to be one of the top prospects in the stacked division. He even caught the attention of Dana White, UFC president.

Murphy, 30 years old, has been promoted 3-0-1 since his September 2019 debut in Abu Dhabi.

The smooth striker scored his first win inside the Octagon at UFC Fight Island 1 July 2020. He was able to score a brutal first round KO of Ricardo Ramos thanks to some nasty elbows.

He won unanimously over Douglas Silva de Andrade last January. But the biggest victory of his career would be eight months later at UFC 265.

Murphy defeated Makwan Amirkhani, a tough grappler, with a flawless flying knee 14 seconds into the second round.

Murphy, reflecting on his viral KO Mr Finland, said that he knew right away that it was over.

"I saw his head drop back and I dropped down to end the fight."

"But, come on man, we are here. We are coming for the top-15, which is 50Gs. 50Gs! !

"Dana White send the pea. We're ready."

He said, "I felt a little off in my back, it took a bit longer for me to get warm than I expected."

"But once my body was warm, it was dangerous.

"My corner gave good advice. "Keep him southpaw. He's struggling with this."

"And after that first left-hand, I saw him, dip, and I knew the knee would be there."

Murphy had hoped Murphy would mix it with the featherweight top-15 division after the spectacular stoppage, but he made it clear that he was willing to face any challenger.

He shouted, "Everybody is a killer in my division and every match up is a big matchup." Give me one of them, and we'll go."