Josh Emmett Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#14Kevin Vallejos Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	3:33	UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos	Mar 14, 2026
L	#9Youssef Zalal Featherweight	Submission	Armbar From Back Control	R1	1:38	UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2	Oct 4, 2025
L	#10Lerone Murphy Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy	Apr 5, 2025
W	#10Bryce Mitchell Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:57	UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington	Dec 16, 2023
L	#9Ilia Topuria Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Topuria	Jun 24, 2023
L	#2Yair RodriguezTitle Featherweight	Submission	Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard	R2	4:19	UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski	Feb 11, 2023
W	#4Calvin Kattar Featherweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett	Jun 18, 2022
W	#9Dan Ige Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier	Dec 11, 2021
W	#10Shane Burgos Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov	Jun 20, 2020
W	#12Mirsad Bektic Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	4:25	UFC Fight Night: De Randamie vs. Ladd	Jul 13, 2019
W	Michael Johnson Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R3	4:14	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje	Mar 30, 2019
L	#7Jeremy Stephens Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R2	1:35	UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens	Feb 24, 2018
W	#3Ricardo Lamas Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:33	UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos	Dec 16, 2017
W	Felipe Arantes Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Till	Oct 21, 2017
L	Desmond Green Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2	Apr 8, 2017
W	Scott Holtzman Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: VanZant vs. Waterson	Dec 17, 2016
W	Jon Tuck Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski	May 8, 2016

Outside the UFC

9-0across 9 bouts · 9 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 2 sub · 4 decWFC 16 · KOTC · WFC 12 · WFC 11 · WFC 9 +4

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Christos Giagos20-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	2:21	WFC 16	Jan 23, 2016
W	Rocky Johnson22-17	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	2:45	KOTC	Oct 3, 2015
W	Brandon Ricetti9-2	Decision	Unanimous	R5	0:24	WFC 12	Nov 15, 2014
W	Tony Rios1-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WFC 11	Sep 13, 2014
W	Tramain Smith5-16	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:28	WFC 9	Apr 26, 2014
W	Adin Duenas6-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WFC 8	Feb 15, 2014
W	Noah Schnable4-13-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:45	WFC 7	Nov 16, 2013
W	Mike Ryan1-15	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:52	WFC 6	Aug 3, 2013
W	Emilio Gonzales0-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Capitol Fighting Championships	Oct 8, 2011

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

7 wins, 2 losses

W7

L2

Submission

2 wins, 2 losses

W2

L2

Decision

10 wins, 3 losses

W10

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

4

Above avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.71

Above avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.06

Below avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Josh Emmett

PowerChin

Knockout rate

24%

4 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

12

2.42 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

4

0.60 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

9 scorecards on file

Josh Emmett

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 2 of 3 coin-flip decisions — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 2 of 9 rounds they disagreed on (22%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

2–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–7

Won – Lost

22% went their way

Unanimous6 decisions · 67%

4W2L

Split3 decisions · 33%

2W1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

8 rounds total

4

Won

4

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC48th

35%775 / 2,167

Striking accuracy

59%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.85 differential

Landed3.67

Absorbed4.52

51%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head64%60th496
Body21%60th164
Leg15%53rd115

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

84%Standing

Standing84%654
Clinch6%43
Ground10%78

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Josh Emmett

Landed per 15

Head

B

61st

35.2

61st

Body

B

60th

11.6

60th

Leg

C

53rd

8.2

53rd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

F

19th

47.2

19th

Body

C

51st

10.3

51st

Leg

D

35th

10.3

35th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	35.2	496	1,768	28%
Body	11.6	164	267	61%
Leg	8.2	115	132	87%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	47.2	665	1,957	34%
Body	10.3	145	229	63%
Leg	10.3	145	178	81%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Josh Emmett

37%

Takedown accuracy

44%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.5 min net

On top1.2

On bottom0.7

Offense

Takedowns

C

47th

1.1

47th

TD accuracy

C

48th

37%

48th

Sub attempts

D

40th

0.1

40th

Control

D

29th

1.2 min

29th

Defense

TD defense

F

25th

44%

25th

Controlled

0.7 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	15 / 41
Submission attempts	1
Control time	16:51

Defense

TDs defended	7 / 16
Control absorbed	9:34

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (211min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Josh Emmett

17 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 211 min

136%

R3 pace · 10 bouts

Emmett fades (-4% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Emmett lifts to 136% of round-1 output by round 3 (10 bouts).

Emmett ▼ FADESOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Emmettlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Emmettattempts / min

Control time

Emmett% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.9	3.1	3.7	0.13	9%	17
R2	4.9	3.6	5.0	0.29	9%	12
R3	5.8	4.9	4.4	0.18	8%	10
R4	4.1	3.1	7.9	0.27	3%	3
R5	3.3	2.9	4.0	0.13	2%	3

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Josh Emmett

17 resolved UFC bouts · 12 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

68/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

93rd

71%

93rd

Win quality

A

80th

51%

80th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

5

6

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	5	2-3	40%
Top-15	6	4-2	67%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	3	2-1	67%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Kevin Vallejos#14	Top-15	67	Mar 14, 2026
L	Youssef Zalal#9	Top-15	72	Oct 4, 2025
L	Lerone Murphy#10	Top-5	79	Apr 5, 2025
W	Bryce Mitchell#10	Top-15	69	Dec 16, 2023
L	Ilia Topuria#9	Champion	90	Jun 24, 2023
L	Yair Rodriguez#2	Top-5	89	Feb 11, 2023
W	Calvin Kattar#4	Top-5	81	Jun 18, 2022
W	Dan Ige#9	Top-15	71	Dec 11, 2021
W	Shane Burgos#10	Top-15	69	Jun 20, 2020
W	Mirsad Bektic#12	Top-15	70	Jul 13, 2019
W	Michael Johnson	Cross-div ranked	45	Mar 30, 2019
L	Jeremy Stephens#7	Top-5	78	Feb 24, 2018
W	Ricardo Lamas#3	Top-5	86	Dec 16, 2017
W	Felipe Arantes	Building	22	Oct 21, 2017
L	Desmond Green	Building	15	Apr 8, 2017
W	Scott Holtzman	Established	26	Dec 17, 2016
W	Jon Tuck	Building	18	May 8, 2016

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

17 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-1

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

2-3

5 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

6-3

9 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

3-3

6 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

6-4

10 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

0-1

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-1

1 bout

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

3 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Josh Emmett

Active

3 monthssince last bout

vs Kevin Vallejos · Mar 14, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 4-1As underdog 6-6

61.6

DK avg

63.9

Median

110.1

Ceiling

16.8

Floor

35%

Boom

24%

Bust

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