Josh Emmett (19-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) knows and has seen the power of current UFC Lightweight Champion Ilia Topuria (17-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) firsthand. When Topuria was in the UFC featherweight division, Emmett served as his foe on the other side of the cage two summers ago.
That evening, Josh Emmett and Ilia Topuria squared off for a five-round contest inside the famous Octagon when the UFC touched down in Jacksonville for a card airing on the ABC television network inside the United States, with the latter coming away as the victor on the scorecards by way of unanimous decision (50-44, 50-42, 49-45.