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Highlights: Josh Emmett Sleeps Michael Johnson Late At UFC Philadelphia

Tonight’s (Sat. March 30, 2019) UFC Philadelphia main card is currently underway. Josh Emmett just pulled off an amazing last-second knockout victory over Michael Johnson. The pair squared off in a featherweight bout that went late into the third round. Johnson was likely ahead on the scorecards, however, Emmett connected on a massive overhand that […]

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Tonight’s (Sat. March 30, 2019) UFC Philadelphia main card is currently underway. Josh Emmett just pulled off an amazing last-second knockout victory over Michael Johnson.

The pair squared off in a featherweight bout that went late into the third round. Johnson was likely ahead on the scorecards, however, Emmett connected on a massive overhand that dropped Johnson down to the canvas.

It only took one bomb from Emmett to end Johnson’s night. Check out the finish here:

The UFC Philadelphia card rolls on, and LowKickMMA’s coverage follows. Make sure to keep it locked here with us throughout the night for more highlights and coverage!

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UFC Philadelphia Results: Josh Emmett Sleeps Michael Johnson

A featherweight scrap between Josh Emmett and Michael Johnson will keep the UFC Philadelphia main card rolling on. As always, Lowkickmma will have you covered with all the results from UFC on ESPN 2 as they happen. Emmett (13-2) will make his return to the Octagon after more than a year away. He was a […]

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A featherweight scrap between Josh Emmett and Michael Johnson will keep the UFC Philadelphia main card rolling on.

As always, Lowkickmma will have you covered with all the results from UFC on ESPN 2 as they happen.

Emmett (13-2) will make his return to the Octagon after more than a year away. He was a fast-rising contender before suffering his first loss inside the promotion last February. As for Johnson (19-13). After going through a rough patch that saw “The Menace” lose five of six fights, Johnson has found his groove and is riding a two-fight winning streak. Will he make it three?

Round One

Johnson takes to the center of the Octagon. He throws a lazy leg kick. Emmett shows a takedown but changes his mind. Both guys look to be taking in data on each other. Johnson pumps his jab as Emmett changes levels again. A bit of a chess match early on. Johnson throws a straight left hand. He follows with a right hand. Emmett throws a leg kick and again looks for an opportunity to take Johnson down. Johnson lands a jab, Emmett answers with a head kick that is mostly blocked. Johnson jabs the body and then goes high. Emmett showing good movement as he looks to get inside and land an overhand right. The round ends.

Round Two

Johnson cracks Emmett with a right hand to start. Emmett lands a switch kick. Johnson is doing a good job at staying just out of Emmett’s range. He lands another jab. Johnson’s faints are working great. Emmett lands a right hand. Both men using solid footwork to set up their boxing. Johnson doubles up on the jab. Emmett backs up and wings a right hand that buzzes by Johnson’s head. Johnson is fighting smooth tonight. He is finding his rhythm in round two. Emmett lands a body shot. He follows it up with a brief level change, then goes high with a kick. Johnson lands a body kick, Emmett returns but catches Johnson’s cup. The referee stops the fight and restarts it. Emmett looks for a takedown as the round ends.

Round Three

Emmett comes out for round three and presses the action. He fires off a one-two. Eemmett looks for another takedown but Johnson really looks good tonight. Johnson lands a left hand. He is out of range before Emmett can land. Johnson clips Emmett as he moves forward. He lands a body kick. The Alpha Male fighter has been desperately looking for the takedown. Emmett lands a right hand. Johnson wings a left. He throws a front kick, Emmett cracks him with a right hand that sends Johnson into night-night zone.

Josh Emmett defeats Michael Johnson via knock out at 4:14 of round three

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Josh Emmett Ready To Shine At UFC Philadelphia After A “Tough Year”

Josh Emmett is excited to get back to work The Team Alpha Male product hasn’t fought since a second-round TKO loss to Jeremy Stephens at UFC on FOX 28 in Feb. 2018, which came with a bit of controversy. Aside from having his two-fight win streak snappe…

Josh Emmett is excited to get back to work The Team Alpha Male product hasn’t fought since a second-round TKO loss to Jeremy Stephens at UFC on FOX 28 in Feb. 2018, which came with a bit of controversy. Aside from having his two-fight win streak snapped, the biggest blow for Emmett was the injuries […]

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Michael Johnson Set For Return At UFC Philadelphia

Longtime UFC veteran Michael Johnson will make his return to the Octagon in March. According to ESPN, “The Menace” will be facing Josh Emmett at UFC on ESPN 2 in Philadelphia. This will be the promotion’s debut in “The City Of B…

Longtime UFC veteran Michael Johnson will make his return to the Octagon in March. According to ESPN, “The Menace” will be facing Josh Emmett at UFC on ESPN 2 in Philadelphia. This will be the promotion’s debut in “The City Of Brotherly Love”. The action goes down from the Wells Fargo Center. Johnson is currently on […]

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Six Fighters Who Turned Their Careers Around In 2018

These six fighters defied the odds and turned their careers around in 2018.

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Mixed martial arts is a crazy and unpredictable sport. It takes a special kind of individual to throw caution into the wind and risk their own physical wellbeing for the sake of entertainment.

There is no blueprint on how to become a fighter. We have seen fighters come from all different walks of life. There have been lifelong athletes that transition into MMA after their collegiate days, and we have seen real estate agents by day turn into savage cage fighters at night.

Likewise, some fighters hit the ground running in MMA, laying waste to opponents right from the very start of their careers. Other fighters don’t quite hit their fighting groove till much later in their careers.

One thing, however, does remain true in combat sports. and particularly MMA. That is you can always expect the unexpected. 2018 has provided mixed martial arts fans with some memorable moments, and with five months still left to go in the year, its a safe bet there are still many more heart-stopping outcomes still to come.

2018 has seen its fair share of comebacks inside the octagon, but we here at Lowkick wanted to put a different spin on the term “comeback.” We took a look back at the first half of 2018 to bring you our list of six fighters who have turned their fight careers around this year.

Here is our list:

Jeremy Stephens

There is perhaps no greater example of what one year can do for an MMA career than Jeremy “Lil Heathen” Stephens.

Stephens first set foot into the Octagon back in 2007 at UFC 71. He would lose his debut against Din Thomas on that night, but here we are over a decade later, and “Lil’ Heathen” has never looked better.

In Stephens’ last outing, he destroyed rising Team Alpha Male contender Josh Emmett via KO at 1:35 of the second round of their main event at UFC on FOX 28 in February. Just one month prior to FOX 28 at UFC Fight Night 124, “Lil Heathen” took out highly-touted prospect Doo Ho Choi in a war that earned “Fight of the Night” honors.

Stephens is 2-0 in 2018 and plans on adding more Ws to the win column before year’s end. He was recently called upon to fill in for Max Holloway at UFC 226 after the champ was removed from the card for exhibiting concussion-like symptoms. “Lil’ Heathen” jumped at the short-notice opportunity, however, his would-be opponent Brian Ortega refused the fight.

Stephens now turns his sights to longtime former featherweight king Jose Aldo, who he will be facing in the co-main event of UFC on FOX 30 next week (July 28, 2018).

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UFC Rankings Update: “Lil’ Heathen” Soars After Controversial Win

Surging UFC featherweight Jeremy Stephens picked up a third straight win with a brutal knockout finish of Josh Emmett (watch the highlights) in the main event of last weekend’s (Sat., February 24, 2018) UFC on FOX 28 from the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, but the victory didn’t come without a heap of controversy. After rocking […]

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Surging UFC featherweight Jeremy Stephens picked up a third straight win with a brutal knockout finish of Josh Emmett (watch the highlights) in the main event of last weekend’s (Sat., February 24, 2018) UFC on FOX 28 from the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, but the victory didn’t come without a heap of controversy.

After rocking Emmett with a pinpoint left hand in the second round, ‘Lil’ Heathen’ followed him to the ground with what appeared to be a possibly illegal knee and two elbows that hit him in the back of the head. Emmett and his team were irate after the fight and revealed plans to appeal the defeat.

The results of that appeal, although appeals are rarely successful, remains to be seen, but for now, Stephens has earned a significant boost up the official UFC rankings. For the win over Emmett, he rose three spots to No. 5 on the 145-pound ranks, sending Emmett down two spots to No. 6.

The Orlando event also saw some movement at 205 pounds, where Ilir Latifi also rose up three spots to No. 5 for his impressive submission win over Ovince Saint Preux, who dropped one spot to No. 6.

Marion Reneau also continued to inch up the women’s bantamweight rankings after a shocking comeback submission over Sara McMann following a first round where she was controlled on the ground, rising up a spot to No. 7 and sending McMann to No. 8.

Here are the full updated rankings courtesy of UFC.com:

POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Demetrious Johnson
2 Conor McGregor
3 Daniel Cormier
4 Stipe Miocic
5 Max Holloway
6 Georges St-Pierre
7 TJ Dillashaw
8 Tyron Woodley
9 Cris Cyborg
10 Tony Ferguson
11 Robert Whittaker
12 Cody Garbrandt
13 Amanda Nunes
14 Khabib Nurmagomedov
15 Joanna Jedrzejczyk

FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 Henry Cejudo
3 Ray Borg
4 Jussier Formiga
5 Sergio Pettis
6 Wilson Reis
7 Brandon Moreno
8 Ben Nguyen
9 Dustin Ortiz
10 John Moraga
11 Matheus Nicolau
12 Tim Elliott
13 Alexandre Pantoja
14 Deiveson Figueiredo
15 Magomed Bibulatov

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: TJ Dillashaw
1 Cody Garbrandt
2 Dominick Cruz
3 Raphael Assuncao
4 Jimmie Rivera
5 Marlon Moraes
6 John Lineker
7 Bryan Caraway
8 John Dodson
9 Aljamain Sterling
10 Pedro Munhoz
11 Rob Font
12 Thomas Almeida
13 Brett Johns +1
14 Eddie Wineland -1
15 Brian Kelleher *NR

FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Max Holloway
1 Jose Aldo
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Brian Ortega
4 Cub Swanson +1
5 Jeremy Stephens +3
6 Josh Emmett -2
7 Ricardo Lamas -1
8 Chan Sung Jung -1
9 Darren Elkins
10 Yair Rodriguez
11 Renato Moicano
12 Mirsad Bektic
13 Dooho Choi
14 Calvin Kattar +1
15 Myles Jury -1

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Conor McGregor
1 Tony Ferguson (Interim Champion)
2 Khabib Nurmagomedov
3 Eddie Alvarez
4 Edson Barboza
5 Dustin Poirier
6 Justin Gaethje
7 Kevin Lee
8 Nate Diaz
9 Michael Chiesa
10 Al Iaquinta
11 James Vick
12 Beneil Dariush
13 Anthony Pettis
14 Evan Dunham
15 Francisco Trinaldo

WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Tyron Woodley
1 Stephen Thompson
2 Rafael Dos Anjos
3 Colby Covington
4 Robbie Lawler
5 Demian Maia
6 Jorge Masvidal
7 Darren Till
8 Kamaru Usman
9 Neil Magny -1
10 Santiago Ponzinibbio
11 Donald Cerrone
12 Carlos Condit
13 Gunnar Nelson
14 Dong Hyun Kim
15 Leon Edwards

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Robert Whittaker
1 Yoel Romero
2 Jacare Souza
3 Luke Rockhold
4 Chris Weidman
5 Kelvin Gastelum
6 Michael Bisping
7 Derek Brunson
8 David Branch
9 Uriah Hall
10 Vitor Belfort
11 Thiago Santos
12 Lyoto Machida
13 Krzysztof Jotko
14 Paulo Costa
15 Brad Tavares

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Alexander Gustafsson
2 Volkan Oezdemir
3 Glover Teixeira -1
4 Jimi Manuwa
5 Ilir Latifi +3
6 Ovince Saint Preux -1
7 Mauricio Rua -1
8 Misha Cirkunov -1
9 Corey Anderson
10 Patrick Cummins
11 Jan Blachowicz
12 Tyson Pedro
13 Gadzhimurad Antigulov
14 Gian Villante
15 Jared Cannonier

HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Stipe Miocic
1 Francis Ngannou
2 Alistair Overeem
3 Fabricio Werdum
4 Cain Velasquez
5 Curtis Blaydes
6 Mark Hunt
6 Derrick Lewis
8 Alexander Volkov
9 Marcin Tybura
10 Stefan Struve
11 Aleksei Oleinik
12 Andrei Arlovski
13 Tim Johnson
14 Junior Albini
15 Tai Tuivasa

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Rose Namajunas
1 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
2 Jessica Andrade
3 Claudia Gadelha
4 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
5 Tecia Torres
6 Carla Esparza
7 Michelle Waterson
8 Felice Herrig
9 Cynthia Calvillo
10 Alexa Grasso
11 Randa Markos
12 Cortney Casey
13 Joanne Calderwood
14 Tatiana Suarez +1
15 Nina Ansaroff *NR

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Nicco Montano
1 Valentina Shevchenko
2 Sijara Eubanks
3 Lauren Murphy
4 Alexis Davis
5 Roxanne Modafferi
6 Barb Honchak
7 Liz Carmouche
8 Katlyn Chookagian
9 Jessica-Rose Clark
10 Jessica Eye
11 Montana De La Rosa
12 Rachael Ostovich
13 Mara Romero Borella
14 Paige VanZant
15 Shana Dobson

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Holly Holm
2 Raquel Pennington +1
3 Julianna Pena -1
4 Germaine de Randamie
5 Ketlen Vieira
6 Cat Zingano
7 Marion Reneau +1
8 Sara McMann -1
9 Bethe Correia +2
9 Leslie Smith +1
11 Ronda Rousey -2
12 Aspen Ladd
13 Lucie Pudilova
14 Irene Aldana
15 Sarah Moras

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