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Josh Emmett

19–7 · 26 recorded bouts · 2011–2026

MMA record

19–7

Josh Emmett finished 47% of 19 wins inside the distance — the 10th percentile for lightweight MMA, where the median is 69%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

20102020win v Emilio Gonzales, 2011, decisionwin v Noah Schnable, 2013, kowin v Mike Ryan, 2013, submissionwin v Brandon Ricetti, 2014, decisionwin v Tony Rios, 2014, decisionwin v Tramain Smith, 2014, kowin v Adin Duenas, 2014, decisionwin v Rocky Johnson, 2015, submissionwin v Scott Holtzman, 2016, decisionwin v Jon Tuck, 2016, decisionwin v Christos Giagos, 2016, kowin v Ricardo Lamas, 2017, kowin v Felipe Arantes, 2017, decisionloss v Desmond Green, 2017, decisionloss v Jeremy Stephens, 2018, kowin v Mirsad Bektić, 2019, kowin v Michael Johnson, 2019, kowin v Shane Burgos, 2020, decisionwin v Dan Ige, 2021, decisionwin v Calvin Kattar, 2022, decisionwin v Bryce Mitchell, 2023, koloss v Ilia Topuria, 2023, decisionloss v Yair Rodríguez, 2023, submissionloss v Youssef Zalal, 2025, submissionloss v Lerone Murphy, 2025, decisionloss v Kevin Vallejos, 2026, ko
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2011–2026

SOURCE·Josh Emmett — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-06-23

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-06-23. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 304 lightweight MMA fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2026 L Kevin Vallejos KO/TKO1
2025 L Youssef Zalal Submission1
2025 L Lerone Murphy Decision5
2023 W Bryce Mitchell KO/TKO1
2023 L Ilia Topuria Decision5
2023 L Yair Rodríguez Submission2
2022 W Calvin Kattar Decision5
2021 W Dan Ige Decision3
2020 W Shane Burgos Decision3
2019 W Mirsad Bektić KO/TKO1
2019 W Michael Johnson KO/TKO3
2018 L Jeremy Stephens KO/TKO2
2017 W Ricardo Lamas KO/TKO1
2017 W Felipe Arantes Decision3
2017 L Desmond Green Decision3
2016 W Scott Holtzman Decision3
2016 W Jon Tuck Decision3
2016 W Christos Giagos KO/TKO3
2015 W Rocky Johnson Submission1
2014 W Brandon Ricetti Decision5
2014 W Tony Rios Decision3
2014 W Tramain Smith KO/TKO1
2014 W Adin Duenas Decision3
2013 W Noah Schnable KO/TKO1
2013 W Mike Ryan Submission1
2011 W Emilio Gonzales Decision3

18 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Josh Emmett — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-06-23

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height66″ (167.6 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionLightweight MMA
competed at 2: featherweight, lightweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade2010s — 17 of 26 dated bouts
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Josh Emmett, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2020 win vs Emilio Gonzales (2011)win vs Noah Schnable (2013)win vs Mike Ryan (2013)win vs Brandon Ricetti (2014)win vs Tony Rios (2014)win vs Tramain Smith (2014)win vs Adin Duenas (2014)win vs Rocky Johnson (2015)win vs Scott Holtzman (2016)win vs Jon Tuck (2016)win vs Christos Giagos (2016)win vs Ricardo Lamas (2017)win vs Felipe Arantes (2017)loss vs Desmond Green (2017)loss vs Jeremy Stephens (2018)win vs Mirsad Bektić (2019)win vs Michael Johnson (2019)win vs Shane Burgos (2020)win vs Dan Ige (2021)win vs Calvin Kattar (2022)win vs Bryce Mitchell (2023)loss vs Ilia Topuria (2023)loss vs Yair Rodríguez (2023)loss vs Youssef Zalal (2025)loss vs Lerone Murphy (2025)loss vs Kevin Vallejos (2026)
winlossdraw / NC2011–2026

Record

MMA record

19–7

26 bouts on record

Finish rate

47%

of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 10th percentile

KO/TKO: 7 (37%)Submission: 2 (11%)Decision: 10 (53%)
  • KO/TKO 37%
  • Submission 11%
  • Decision 53%

The career, bout by bout

26 recorded bouts from 2011 to 2026. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

16y

2011–2026

Longest unbeaten run

13

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2014

4 bouts

Recorded bouts

26

26 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Josh Emmett's record?
19–7 in MMA. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 26 bouts individually.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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