Josh Emmett plans to show again the clock in the primary occasion of UFC Vegas 114 on Saturday.
Emmett is about to headline the battle evening card in opposition to Kevin Vallejos in a key featherweight bout. Emmett comes into the match as a big underdog, however is assured he could make a press release with an enormous stoppage victory.
“Kevin is nice. He is fighter,” Emmett stated at UFC Vegas 114 media day. “He isn’t going to indicate me something I have never seen earlier than. I simply must maintain my jaw down, my palms up, transfer, take it minute by minute, spherical by spherical, and the end will come.”
If Emmett can get a stoppage victory, it could be a press release win. And that might put him again within the title dialog once more. Though Vallejos is not as well-known as Emmett’s different opponents, he expects it to be a fan-friendly match that might result in a bonus.
Josh Emmett is assured he can turn out to be a champion.
Emmett is assured he can pull off the upset at UFC Vegas 114 and is aware of his time as a title contender is much from over.
In truth, Emmett believes a win, particularly a end, will carry him proper again and produce him nearer to profitable the title at age 41.
“I am simply being delusionally optimistic proper now,” Emmett stated. “I do know precisely what I can do and what I can obtain. I can compete with the very best gamers on this planet and I’ve proven it time and time once more.
“I’ve the identical mindset. I nonetheless need to be world champion. I will be world champion. However I’ve to go on the market, be myself, elevate my hand, and slowly work my means again to the highest. I am on a one-way journey to the highest, and I do not care who comes with me.”
Josh Emmett comes into the match coming off a submission loss to Yusef Zalal. He’s 19-6 as an expert, however is on a two-fight dropping streak after scoring a knockout win over Bryce Mitchell and dropping a choice to Lerone Murphy. Emmett is ranked eleventh within the featherweight division.
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