{"id":308026,"date":"2019-03-31T22:47:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T05:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=308026"},"modified":"2019-03-31T22:47:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T05:47:10","slug":"michael-johnson-issues-statement-after-ko-loss-to-josh-emmett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-johnson-issues-statement-after-ko-loss-to-josh-emmett\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Johnson issues statement after KO loss to Josh Emmett"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Saturday night, on the main card of UFC Philadelphia, former lightweight contender Michael Johnson partook in his latest featherweight bout, taking on the dangerous Josh Emmett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately for Johnson and his fans, this fight did not go as planned, as he found himself on the receiving end of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-philadelphia-results-josh-emmett-kos-michael-johnson-video\/\">a 2019 Knockout of the Year contender late<\/a> in the third round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this undeniably brutal loss, Michael Johnson seems to be in good spirits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The featherweight fighter issued a quick statement about the loss on Instagram, assuring that he&#8217;ll be back soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BvrP7Z8nc-b\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Great fight and hats off to Emmett,&#8221; Johnson wrote on his official Instagram account. &#8220;I\u2019ve slipped and fell in the game several times, and I\u2019m always back on feet. See ya guys soon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this tough setback, Michael Johnson returns to the loss column after a pair of victories over Artem Lobov and Andre Fili. Prior to these wins, he lost three in a row against Darren Elkins, Justin Gaethje and Khabib Nurmagomedov. The Hardknocks 365 fighter is now 19-14 overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Josh Emmett, on the other hand, rebounds from a brutal knockout loss of his own, which came courtesy of featherweight barbarian Jeremy Stephens in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you thinks is next for these fighters after UFC Philadelphia?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 4\/1\/2019.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday night, on the main card of UFC Philadelphia, former lightweight contender Michael Johnson partook in his latest featherweight bout, taking on the dangerous Josh Emmett. 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