UFC UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Topuria Final

Featherweight · main event

Ilia Topuria vs Josh Emmett

Ilia Topuria
Spain

Ilia Topuria

“El Matador”

17-1

Winner

VS
Josh Emmett
United States

Josh Emmett

“CC0”

19-7

Winner

Ilia Topuria

Decision - Unanimous · Round 5 — 5:00

24 June 2023 · Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, USA

Key takeaways

  • Ilia Topuria beat Josh Emmett by unanimous decision after five rounds.
  • Ilia Topuria landed 171 of 365 total strikes and 3 of 3 takedowns, with 3:35 of control time.
  • The judges scored it 50-44, 50-42, 49-45.
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Tale of the tape

Ilia TopuriaJosh Emmett
17-1Record19-7
26Age on fight night38
5′7″ (170 cm)Height5′6″ (168 cm)
69″ (175 cm)Reach70″ (178 cm)
145 lb (65.8 kg)Weight145 lb (65.8 kg)
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
Topuria TeamTeamTeam Alpha Male
Halle Westfalen, North Rhine-Westphalia, GeorgiaFromPhoenix, Arizona, United States

Fight statistics

171of 365 · 47%Total strikes landed89of 309 · 29%
140of 320Head strikes44of 234
9of 16Body strikes27of 55
22of 29Leg strikes18of 20
3of 3Takedowns0
1Knockdowns0
3:35Control time0:00

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Ilia TopuriaRoundJosh Emmett
21/56strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR114/68strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
30/75strikes0/0TD0KD0:04controlR219/68strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
37/91strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR331/81strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
62/107strikes0/0TD1KD0:58controlR415/55strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
21/36strikes3/3TD0KD2:33controlR510/37strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control

Judges’ scorecards

Sal D'amato

10R1910R2910R3910R4810R59

50total44

Chris Lee

10R1910R2910R3810R4710R59

50total42

Eric Colon

9R11010R2910R3910R4810R59

49total45

Form going into the fight

Ilia Topuria

  1. WBryce Mitchellsubmission R2 3:102022
  2. WJai HerbertKO/TKO R2 1:072022
  3. WRyan HallKO/TKO R1 4:472021
  4. WDamon JacksonKO/TKO R1 2:382020
  5. WYoussef Zalalunanimous decision2020

Josh Emmett

  1. LYair Rodriguezsubmission R2 4:192023
  2. WCalvin Kattarsplit decision2022
  3. WDan Igeunanimous decision2021
  4. WShane Burgosunanimous decision2020
  5. WMirsad BekticKO/TKO R1 4:252019

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