UFC Fight Night results, highlights: Ilia Topuria batters Josh Emmett for wide decision, calls for title shot

UFC Fight Night results, highlights: Ilia Topuria batters Josh Emmett for wide decision, calls for title shot

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UFC on ABC 5 results: Ilia Topuria dominates gutsy Josh Emmett, calls for title shot

Ilia Topuria took a step up in competition for his first UFC headliner Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla. – and passed with flying colors. For 25 minutes, Topuria (14-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) took it to a tough and durable Josh Emmett (18-4 MMA, 9-4 UFC) before he was named victor by unanimous decision (50-44, 50-42, 49-46). The featherweight bout was the UFC on ABC 5 main event at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. Topuria set the tone ear…

UFC Jacksonville results: Biggest winners, loser from ‘Emmett vs. Topuria’ last night

Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC UFC Jacksonville went down yesterday (Sat., June 24, 2023) inside VyStar Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., featuring a headlining Featherweight scrap that saw Ilia Topuria absolutely dominate and brutalize a tough-as-nails Josh Emmett for 25 minutes (see it again here). In the co-main event, Maycee Barber took it to Amanda Ribas in a bloody women’s Flyweight bout, stopping her in the second round via technical…

UFC Jacksonville post-fight bonuses: Ilia Topuria vs. Josh Emmett wins ‘Fight of the Night’

Ilia Topuria and Josh Emmett | Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC The UFC Jacksonville headliner earned the “Fight of the Night” bonus after a beautifully violent showing from Ilia Topuria and Josh Emmett. Topuria and Emmett both earned $50,000 bonuses for their gutsy five-round battle that Topuria captured via unanimous decision on Saturday at VyStar Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. Two other (disclosed) bonuses were handed out on the 13-bout card, w…