Josh Emmett entered the Octagon on Saturday in Austin with one mission: to make his case as the next featherweight title challenger.
In the main event of UFC on ESPN 37 at University of Texas’ Moody Center, the burly Californian prevailed over Calvin Kattar by split decision. It might not have been the emphatic statement he would have liked—especially atop a card that featured an eye-popping six first-round knockouts—but Emmett’s power trumped Kattar’s superior volume on two judges’ scorecards, running his win streak to five straight since his brutal 2018 loss to Jeremy Stephens.