Josh Emmett made his professional MMA debut on Oct. 8, 2011. Barack Obama was in his first term as president. Tom Brady had just three Super Bowl rings, with four more championships and six total appearances yet to come. It had been less than a year since Jose Aldo made his first UFC featherweight title defense.
For some reason, despite his great success — Emmett is 18-2 overall in MMA and is 9-2 in the UFC — he hasn't fought on the main card of a pay-per-show until now. Despite his strong record and victories over elite opposition like Calvin Kattar and Dan Ige, Emmett's profile has been relatively low given his lack of appearance on the UFC's most high-profile shows.
"Just slightly but not really, because I felt I was the next clear choice to be the one for the title," Emmett told Yahoo Sports."Since Alex is moving up to try to become the champ-champion, which I think he totally deserves and has earned, I knew they'd have to make some type of interim title. The way I looked at it, and the way I honestly believe, is there was no argument that I should have been next. So this was the best-case scenario [to get an interim title fight].
"I've been looking for this opportunity for a long time and I feel that I deserve it," Rodriguez said."The [interim] title shot was open and I saw it as my opportunity to jump into fight, regardless of who they chose to be my opponent." He is bracing for more because of Rodriguez's style. Curiously, they said nearly the same things about each other.
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