Josh Emmett
17 UFC Fights | 59% Win Rate | 4 Finishes (40%)
Josh Emmett UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Josh Emmett is 10-7 in the UFC across 17 fights, with 4 wins by knockout and 6 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 19-7, 9-0 of it outside the UFC. Emmett competes at featherweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'6" with a 70" reach at 41 years old. The last bout was a loss to Kevin Vallejos by knockout in Mar 2026.
Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 95th percentile among 191 featherweight fighters (0.71/fight).
Josh Emmett's UFC win rate is 59% (10 of 17 fights), and 40% of those wins came by finish. Emmett averages 0.9 takedowns per fight at 37% accuracy and stops 44% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 19-7
- UFC Record
- 10-7
- Height
- 5'6"
- Reach
- 70"
- Age
- 41
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Kevin Vallejos · KO/TKO · Mar 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Josh Emmett's Last 5 Fights
Emmett is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Kevin Vallejos · KO/TKO · R1 3:33 · UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos · Mar 2026
- Loss vs Youssef Zalal · Submission · R1 1:38 · UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 · Oct 2025
- Loss vs Lerone Murphy · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy · Apr 2025
- Win vs Bryce Mitchell · KO/TKO · R1 1:57 · UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington · Dec 2023
- Loss vs Ilia Topuria · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Topuria · Jun 2023
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Josh Emmett vs Average
Josh Emmett lands 14.0 strikes in R1 but 20.8 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Josh Emmett's UFC Fight History
17 UFC fights on record (10-7), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Kevin Vallejos | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:33 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos | 2026-03-14 |
| L | Youssef Zalal | Submission | R1 · 1:38 | UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 | 2025-10-04 |
| L | Lerone Murphy | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy | 2025-04-05 |
| W | Bryce Mitchell | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:57 | UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington | 2023-12-16 |
| L | Ilia Topuria | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Topuria | 2023-06-24 |
| L★ | Yair Rodriguez | Submission | R2 · 4:19 | UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski | 2023-02-11 |
| W | Calvin Kattar | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett | 2022-06-18 |
| W | Dan Ige | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier | 2021-12-11 |
| W | Shane Burgos | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov | 2020-06-20 |
| W | Mirsad Bektic | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:25 | UFC Fight Night: De Randamie vs. Ladd | 2019-07-13 |
| W | Michael Johnson | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:14 | UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje | 2019-03-30 |
| L | Jeremy Stephens | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:35 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens | 2018-02-24 |
| W | Ricardo Lamas | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:33 | UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos | 2017-12-16 |
| W | Felipe Arantes | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Till | 2017-10-21 |
| L | Desmond Green | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2 | 2017-04-08 |
| W | Scott Holtzman | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: VanZant vs. Waterson | 2016-12-17 |
| W | Jon Tuck | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski | 2016-05-08 |
How Emmett Ranks at Featherweight
Percentile among the 191 featherweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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