Jeremy Stephens Drops A Flying H-Bomb On Josh Emmett At UFC Orlando

The UFC’s return to Orlando on big FOX may have been lacking some star power, but to make up for that they did their best to design a main event that would guarantee a knock down drag out war ending with a knockout. In one corner: Jeremy Stephens, a 28-fight UFC veteran with the organization with 17 wins coming via KO. In the other: up and comer Josh Emmett, who was last seen stealing the soul of highly ranked Ricardo Lamas…

Unfortunately for Emmett, Stephens just can’t be stopped. He ended up knocking out Emmett early into the second round, catching Emmett coming in sloppy and dropping him to the mat where a nearly illegal knee and a Hendo-style flying punch finished his opponent off. Replays showed the knee just missing the head of a clearly grounded Emmett, keeping the finish from turning into a pretty big injustice.

But some on Twitter pointed out that from different angles than the UFC showed multiple times, the knee looked like it connected:

https://twitter.com/ZPGIFs/status/967599259360088064

Others disagreed.

https://twitter.com/JawJitsu/status/967603217759719424

Afterwards, Jeremy called out on the mic for a title shot, arguing that his 11 years with the company earned him preference over the three guys ahead of him in the rankings. We’ll have to see if the controversy surrounding this finish affect the hype push Stephens gets following another big KO win.