Lauren Murphy is a professional American female mixed martial artist who is currently fighting in the Women's Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. She is the former Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion. Murphy said about starting martial arts: "I took my son to a Jiu Jitsu class in late 2009, and I took the class with him to encourage him. I fell in love with it and started going all the time. I began training MMA about 3 months later, and took my first pro fight 3 months after that. I did not have any amateur fights." Murphy is currently the #9-ranked 135-pound female MMA fighter in the world according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings. 

July 27th, 1983 in Anchorage (Age 41) as Lauren Smith