Heading into the UFC Fight Night, the featherweight main event between Calvin Kattar and Josh Emmett was the talk of the town.
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Kattar and Emmett engaged in a bloody, tactical battle over five rounds that ended with Emmett winning a split decision. The fight was a battle of Kattar’s long, straight punches against Emmett’s explosive and looping power shots.
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From the opening moments of the fight, it was clear that the man who could lead the forward engagement would be the fighter doing the more effective work.
It appeared the fight could go either way after five very close rounds. Ultimately, two of the three judges rewarded the power of Emmett’s shots over the output of Kattar, awarding Emmett the fight by scores of 48-47, 47-48, and 48-47.


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