Josh Emmett scored the biggest win of his career last month. The Team Alpha Male product moved to 18-2 with a split decision win over Calvin Kattar in the main event of UFC Austin (and earned a Fight of the Night bonus for his efforts).
That victory shot Emmett up the UFC featherweight rankings putting him third behind Brian Ortega and Max Holloway.
Emmett was in attendance for UFC 276 this weekend where he watched Alexander Volkanovski defeat Holloway to retain his UFC featherweight title. Volkanovski has now beaten Holloway three times. He’s also beaten Ortega.
So, with those challengers out the way, if Volkanovski remains at featherweight (and not move up to lightweight as he has suggested) it stands to reason that Emmett would be next in line.