{"id":265943,"date":"2017-12-17T08:28:42","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T16:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=265943"},"modified":"2017-12-17T08:28:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T16:28:42","slug":"massive-upset-knockout-josh-emmett-classy-offer-ricardo-lamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/josh-emmett\/massive-upset-knockout-josh-emmett-classy-offer-ricardo-lamas\/","title":{"rendered":"After massive upset knockout, Josh Emmett has a classy offer for Ricardo Lamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-on-fox-26\/ufc-fox-26-results-josh-emmett-flattens-ricardo-lamas-first-highlights\/\">knocking Lamas out with a swooping left hook in the first round.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While this win stands out as the biggest of his career thus far, Emmett said post-fight that he&#8217;d be happy to give Lamas an immediate rematch. Lamas did, after all, accept a fight with an un-ranked opponent on short notice, and didn&#8217;t back out when that opponent missed weight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course,\u201d Emmett told <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/12\/josh-emmett-offers-ricardo-lamas-rematch-ufc-on-fox-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a>\u00a0when asked about an immediate rematch. \u201cHe did this for me. He didn\u2019t have to take this fight. He is one of the best guys in the world. He could have sat back and waited for the winner of (Frankie) Edgar (vs. Max) Holloway fight and then get a title shot, or fight (Brian) Ortega, and the winner of that get a title fight. I\u2019m truly grateful for him accepting the fight, as well as with me missing the weight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emmett then shared his reluctance to accept short-notice fights going forward, citing the difficulty he had not making weight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll take four to five weeks out,\u201d he said. \u201cSo like I said before, I apologize for not making weight. I was right on track, and just with the timeframe I had left, I knew there was no possible way that I could make (weight) within that time. I just stopped sweating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t have enough time to water load. I just messed up, but I take credit for it, and it won\u2019t happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Where do you think Josh Emmett goes from here? 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