murphy was scheduled to face priscila cachoeira on december 1, 2017 at . however, due to a visa issue, the fight was cancelled and murphy was asked to be ready to fight as an alternate. with roxanne modafferi elevated to the main event to fight nicco montaño after sijara eubanks was medically disqualified from the title fight, murphy stepped in to face barb honchak. murphy won the back-and-forth fight by split decision.