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Josh Emmett: Doctors kept saying I was lucky not to lose eyeball after Jeremy Stephens fight

Josh Emmett is about as tough as they come, but his 2018 loss to Jeremy Stephens was a potential career-killer.

The eight-ranked UFC featherweight opened up to the Pull No Punches podcast with Kajan Johnson and Shakiel Mahjouri about the severe injuries he suffered at UFC Orlando.

“The lateral part of my orbital was broken, that was pretty bad,” he shared. “The orbital floor was broken. If you go on the side of your orbit and go all the way to your ear, right before your temple, the hard part, that was broken.