Some quick notes: 

At the time of Murray's emergance in the UFC, he was not only the top prospect out of England, but he was a top middleweight prospect, period.

In his lone UFC appearance, he defeated Jorge Rivera, who was coming off a strong win over David Louiseau. 

He trained under Pat Miletich. Still today, it is rare for UK MMA fighters to train full time in the U.S. 

For those who have heard the name Lee Murray and not heard the epic tale attached to it, here is a full explanation in video form. *Notice former Cage Rage champion and all-around tough guy Mark Epstein talking about Murray as a youth. 

His last fight in MMA--a Cage Rage fight against Anderson Silva--is also below after the E:60 story. In this losing performance against the Pride veteran, its apparent why Murray is seen as MMA's one of greatest cases of "What if?"