Anyone else feel kind of bad for Josh Emmett?

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He was talking about feeling the best has in years, finally free of nagging injuries, and hoped to make one final run at the title.

At 40 years old, that may have been the end of his dream last night.

Guy always seemed to be near the cusp, but was just never able to cross the finish line.

Shame, because he's been one hell of an entertaining fighter over the years. Crazy big knockouts in so many fights. Always comes to throw down.
 
I mean, I don't think he was ever champ level, (though he certainly had the power to knock one out), and the next best level to be at is winning an eliminator and getting to challenge for a title, which he did, with a little judging luck on his side. So I can't be too mad about the heights he's reached. The only thing we could have hoped for is more KO's along the way.
 
Sometimes you follow your dreams and you fail to reach the destination you set out for yourself. But it's always good to go with your heart and what you want to do. He's had a good career and a better one than most. Nothing to be upset about.
 
I think taking 2024 off was a mistake. Coming off that fantastic KO of flat urth, I think he could've gotten a top 5 guy with a callout. Love Josh Emmett though, he always comes to fight, and he only needs to land once.
 
Nah, Not everyone is going to be able to have that late career title run and capture a belt at 40+ yrs old like Glover. Emmet came up short but he fought the best in the world, is a top 10 FW in the biggest MMA org in the world, has a killer highlight reel of himself KO'ing the life outta dudes, and is likely making pretty good money doing something he enjoys. He's still better off than most despite not having been able to get the belt.
 
he's the one who made the decision to not throw strikes. hard to feel bad for him.
 
He can hold his head high. Some shit stain exploiting the scoring system doesn't mean much to most of the fans. He will always be a known as a real fighter.
i don't know dude. at most times he would pressure effectively, and murphy would panic up against the cage, then josh just did nothing but stare at him. he treated murphy like anderson silva, as in he seemed to think he was gonna get one-shot counter KO'd if he threw anything. he only threw punches when lerone was exiting range.
 
If anything Josh got lucky, got to fight number 3 Lamas as a short notice replacement when he was 3-1 in the UFC.
Landed that hail marry shot against MJ in the last minute of a fight he was losing.
The Burgos fight could have been a draw and he got the decision, could have lost the Ige fight and got the decision, should have lost the Kattar fight and he got the decision. Arnold Allen was probably more deserving, but he got the interim title fight.
Also his fights with Barboza and Allen got cancelled, and both fight were thougher stylistically than the Burgos one he got instead imo.
He's a fun fighter, but the Yair and Ilia fight fight showed that there was clearly a gap between himself and the top, he did about as well as he could have.
 
Hell yeah I feel bad for him. He has the best ko of the last few years on a racist fucking doosh who represents some of the biggest issues in the country. Yes I feel.bad for him he should get 2 title shots for koing bryce
 
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