Josh Emmett has fought through an amazing amount of adversity throughout his career, so it didn’t faze him all that much Saturday at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, when a persistent jab from Calvin Kattar basically closed his left eye by the midpoint of the fight.
In the main event of one of the best top-to-bottom UFC cards of the year, Emmett’s power shots were enough — just barely enough — to give him a split decision victory over Kattar.
Doug Crosby had it 48-47 for Kattar, who outlanded Emmett basically 2-1 in the final two rounds.