Last night, in the co-main event of UFC on Fox 26, Team Alpha Male prospect Josh Emmett stepped into the Octagon for a short notice bout with long-time featherweight contender Ricardo Lamas. Though Emmett unfortunately missed weight for this fight, he managed to make good on the opportunity in the end, knocking Lamas out with a swooping left hook in the first round.
Unsurprisingly, this massive upset win generated some interesting reactions from Emmett’s fellow pros on Twitter. See some of the best reactions below!
Brutal
— GILBERT BURNS (@GilbertDurinho) December 17, 2017
Holy shit
— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) December 17, 2017
Wow that was fucking NASTY @ufc @danawhite
advertisement – continue reading below— Manny Gamburyan (@MannyGamburyan) December 17, 2017
Damn son! #UFCWinnipeg
— Todd Grisham (@GrishamMMA) December 17, 2017
As soon as I saw how wide he threw that hook everything told me Emmett was coming with a hard counter. Sheesh. 😳 #ufcwinnipeg
— Tatiana Suarez (@TSPMMA115) December 17, 2017
GODDAMN what a KO by Josh Emmet… 😳🚨💪🏼☠️. Came in unranked and just KTFO’ed the #3 ranked fighter in FW. Impressive. #UFCWinnipeg
— Nicolas Dalby (@DalbyMMA) December 17, 2017
Just got flashbacks from that nasty KO! Missed with the right but Emmett lands an insane left hook! Fight game cray-cray#UFCWiinnipeg
— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) December 17, 2017
Dayyyyum. Good way to jump the line and cut in front of everyone in @UFC at 145.😳👌 #UFCWinnnipeg
— Johnny Hollywood (@HollywoodCase) December 17, 2017
Oooooo, that was nasty! #UFCWinnipeg
— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) December 17, 2017
Walk off
— Ian McCall (@Unclecreepymma) December 17, 2017
Wow!!! Huge left hook and win for @JoshEmmett155!!
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) December 17, 2017
Wow!!! Huge left hook and win for @JoshEmmett155!!
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) December 17, 2017
Wooowwww WTF !!!!!!
— Leonardo Santos (@LeoSantosbjj) December 17, 2017
Vicious
— Shane Burgos (@HurricaneShaneB) December 17, 2017
What did you think of Josh Emmett’s huge win in Winnipeg?
This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 17/12/2017.