Stephens vs Emmett

Who won Stephens vs Emmett?

Jeremy Stephens beat Josh Emmett by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC on FOX 28, on Saturday 24th February 2018 at Amway Center in Orlando.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Stephens vs Emmett stats

Jeremy Stephens stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 14 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Josh Emmett made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Jeremy Stephens' UFC record stood at 15-18-0, while Josh Emmett's came in at 10-4-0.

The stats suggested Stephens had a massive power advantage over Emmett, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Emmett's 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Emmett had a slight advantage over Stephens, with a 15% submission rate over Stephens' 7%.

Jeremy Stephens was the younger man by 2 years, at 38 years old.

Stephens had a height advantage of 3 inches over Emmett. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Stephens was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 27 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 6 years and 8 months earlier than Emmett, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 54 more professional rounds, 113 to Emmett's 59.

Stephens vs Emmett form

Jeremy Stephens had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Myles Price at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Clay Collard at PFL 2022 #1 on 20th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Mateusz Gamrot at UFC Vegas 31 on 17th July 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Calvin Kattar at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

He had lost to Yair Rodriguez at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston.

Activity check

Stephens' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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