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Welcome to the UFC, Emmett & Botelho
- Updated: May 6, 2016
It’s not often you see a fighter at the UFC level doing what Josh Emmett is about to do. He’s entering a UFC bout on less than a week’s notice (four days to be exact). That’s a pretty slim time frame, even for a late replacement signing. Making it worse for Emmett, he’s going to be flying all the way to Rotterdam to make it happen. That’s a lot of chips to stack against yourself just to get in the UFC. Emmett is filling in for the injured Nick Hein against Jon Tuck on the UFC Rotterdam card this Sunday, May 8th. He announced the news via Instagram.
Also new to the UFC is a fresh face for the women’s strawweight division. MMA Fighting announced that the UFC has signed XFC International flyweight champion Poliana Botelho. Botelho will drop down a weight class for the UFC, although as of yet, no debut date or opponent have been announced for her. So…
Who is Josh Emmett?
Team Alpha Male’s newest product isn’t exactly entering MMA as a “young prospect”. 31-year-old Josh Emmett really only got his MMA career going in earnest back in 2013, but over the last three years he’s made a mark in the West Coast Fighting Championships, entering the UFC with an unbeaten 9-0 record. Most recently he bested UFC vet Christos Giagos for the first defense of his WFC title. Alongside his win over fellow unbeaten prospect Brandon Ricetti, those are the only real notable opponents on his record, most of the rest of which is pretty uninspiring. Unusually for a fighter, Emmett has actually moved up in weight since his debut. He started out at 145 lbs, but has now fought as high as 165 and seems to have settled in to lightweight. It’ll be interesting to see if he stays there for his UFC run. Outside of MMA Emmett wrestled at the Collegiate level on the Junior College and NAIA circuits.
What you should expect:
Apparently the long break in Emmett’s early MMA career were due to a hand injuries (initially sustained in his first bout) and watching tape on him, it’s not that surprising that he might end up cracking a few digits. …
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