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Sometimes a little edge like being relatively bigger in a new weight is just the nudge that suddenly makes some asset stand out more. People only started noticing Emmet's ko power when he dropped to 145, so maybe it's more fair for the argument to only consider those fights. That would increase his ko ratio to 42%. He didn't ko Arantes, but like I said before, I distinctly remember he was physically knocking Arantes around with his punches, and that was before I had any strong perceived notions either way about his punching power. I think he hurt Burgos in the third, who might be hitteable, but is still considered pretty tanky. He also turned Michael Johnson into a stiffened corpse in the third round with one shot. Yes, MJ is an inconsistent fighter, but he across almost 40 fights he has only been ko'd by two people, Emmet and Justin Gaethje, and the JG's stoppage was more an accumulation of strikes and pure fatigue. And not finishing Ige and Katar isn't really shocking, those are just really tough and crafty fighters.
Both statements can be true, him landing a good shot, and him posessing dangerous stopping power. But my point was you already moved the fence posts from he only ko's people with overhand rights, to he only landed the perfect hook. So it sounds like you already made up your mind regardless. Which is fine, I don't really have a horse in the race, I just think the whole discussion is a bit funny.
Completely fair point about him dropping to 145. The context of this discussion was regarding whether Kattar would respect Allen's power the way he did Emmett's. I guess I would say that Kattar was still far less aggressive and showed more caution late in that fight EVEN after getting tagged by Emmett numerous times and still being right in the fight. Maybe that won't be the case with Allen, but if I was betting Kattar I would be a little nervous that it's some sort of stylistic or philosophic change with Kattar instead of just a one off deal due how he perceived his opponent's power.