Rather than celebrate the most impressive knockout of his career, Josh Emmett sat silently across the cage.
The Team Alpha Male representative said during the post-fight media scrum that only after the initial rush of emotion did he realize the damage he had inflicted on his opponent. “When I hit him I got excited and then and I looked over and he’s still down and it’s like it’s hard to celebrate. So I just wish him nothing but the best, I know he has a baby on the way, he’s building a house, we’re all trying to achieve the same thing. You know, I wish no harm on my opponents but at the end of the day, if its him or I, I’m choosing me every day.
“I didn’t know he was that hurt, then I looked over and I see that and I’m like, f--k man, I can’t, I can’t celebrate,” he added. “Because it's tough. Imagine what his coaches are looking at. They are seeing him in a very vulnerable spot, and I can’t even imagine his family, what they’re thinking. So yeah, I wish him nothing but the best. He came back and said he was okay. I just hope he takes some time off, he’s a super talented individual and young, hungry, he’ll bounce back.”