The featherweight bout between Ilia Topuria and Josh Emmett will be the main event of UFC Fight Night on June 17, presumably in Las Vegas.
The organization of the fight was reported by informed sources close to the situation.
Josh Emmett, 38, made an unsuccessful bid for the interim UFC Featherweight Championship in February, losing by triangle choke in the second round to Yair Rodriguez. Prior to that, the American had not lost for five years and went on a series of five victories.
Ilia Topuria, 26, is undefeated and has an impressive thirteen professional win streak, five of which he won in the UFC, finishing four of his opponents. The Spanish-Georgian fighter had his last fight in December last year, defeating Bryce Mitchell by arm triangle choke.
Josh Emmett and Ilia Topuria are currently ranked fifth and ninth in the UFC featherweight rankings, respectively.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/31166-iliya-topuriya-i-dzhosh-emmett-vozglavyat-turnir-ufc.html?rand=19907
