Kevin Vallejos is hoping to meet his dream of changing into a UFC champion after his win over Josh Emmett.
Vallejos was driving a six-fight successful streak heading into UFC Vegas 114. He had a tough activity forward of him, towards Emmett. Vallejos handed the take a look at with flying colours. “El Chino” scored a first-round TKO end, enhancing his skilled MMA report to 18 wins and 1 loss, and increasing his successful streak to seven.
This was a giant second for Vallejos, who interviewed the UFC’s social media workforce after the combat (h/t MMAFighting).
“I got here right here to make my mark,” Vallejos mentioned within the UFC’s post-fight interview. “I am right here to carve my title on this division. I am right here to do one thing. To create a picture. To stamp my ft and do one thing on this division and be a champion.”
“What I wish to inform folks is, it isn’t that I belong right here, that I am only a boy, a child who got here right here and doubtless shot to success.”
Vallejos hasn’t misplaced a sport since September 2023. The match occurred on Dana White’s Contender Sequence. Vallejos withdrew his unanimous choice towards Jean Silva, who’s at present a member of the UFC roster.
Vallejos finally returned to the Contender Sequence, stopping Cam Teague with a TKO within the first body. “El Chino” made his UFC debut in March 2025, once more defeating Choi Seung Woo with a primary spherical end.
The Argentinian rising star defeated Danny Silva by unanimous choice and KO’d Giga Chikadze with a spotlight reel spinning backfist. Emmett is the largest participant Vallejos has ever defeated. He desires to trip the wave of momentum all the way in which to the highest of the featherweight mountain.
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