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Josh Emmett

“CC0 (C-C-OH)”

Featherweight

United States3-fight losing streak

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19WINS

7LOSSES

0DRAWS

7KO/TKO

2SUB

10DEC

Pro MMA recordSource: UFC.com athlete profile (official)Checked 2026-10-22

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Tale of the tape

Age: 41 · born Mar 4, 1985 UFC.com
Height: 5′6.5″ 169 cm UFC.com
Reach: 70″ 178 cm UFC.com
Leg reach: 39.5″ 100 cm UFC.com
Stance: Orthodox UFCStats
Weight class: Featherweight UFC.com
Fighting style: Freestyle UFC.com
Team / gym: Team Alpha Male (Urijah Faber's Ultimate Fitness) UFC.com
Born: Phoenix, United States UFC.com
Fights out of / flag: United States UFC.com
UFC debut: May. 8, 2016 UFC.com
1st-round finishes: 7 UFC.com

UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)

UFC career stats

36%Striking accuracy775 of 2167 landed

22%Takedown accuracy9⚑ of 41 landed

3.67Sig. strikes landedper min

4.52Sig. strikes absorbedper min

60%Striking defense

1.07Takedownsper 15 min

44%Takedown defense

0.07Submission attemptsper 15 min

0.85Knockdownsper 15 min

12:26Average fight time

Sig. strikes by position

Standing654 84%

Clinch43 6%

Ground78 10%

Sig. strikes by target

Head496 64%

Body164 21%

Leg115 15%

⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.

Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22

UFC fight history 17 bouts

Res	Opponent	Method	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Kevin Vallejos	KO/TKO	1	3:33	UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos	Mar 14, 2026	↗
L	Youssef Zalal	Submission	1	1:38	UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2	Oct 4, 2025	↗
L	Lerone Murphy	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy	Apr 5, 2025	↗
W	Bryce Mitchell	KO/TKO	1	1:57	UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington	Dec 16, 2023	↗
L	Ilia Topuria	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Topuria	Jun 24, 2023	↗
L	Yair Rodriguez	Submission	2	4:19	UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski	Feb 11, 2023	↗
W	Calvin Kattar	Decision - Split	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett	Jun 18, 2022	↗
W	Dan Ige	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier	Dec 11, 2021	↗
W	Shane Burgos	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov	Jun 20, 2020	↗
W	Mirsad Bektic	KO/TKO	1	4:25	UFC Fight Night: De Randamie vs. Ladd	Jul 13, 2019	↗
W	Michael Johnson	KO/TKO	3	4:14	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje	Mar 30, 2019	↗
L	Jeremy Stephens	KO/TKO	2	1:35	UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens	Feb 24, 2018	↗
W	Ricardo Lamas	KO/TKO	1	4:33	UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos	Dec 16, 2017	↗
W	Felipe Arantes	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Till	Oct 21, 2017	↗
L	Desmond Green	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2	Apr 8, 2017	↗
W	Scott Holtzman	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC on FOX: VanZant vs. Waterson	Dec 17, 2016	↗
W	Jon Tuck	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski	May 8, 2016	↗

UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.