{"id":299596,"date":"2023-12-17T06:24:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T06:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=299596"},"modified":"2023-12-17T06:24:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T06:24:21","slug":"josh-emmett-knocks-bryce-mitchell-out-cold-with-devastating-right-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/mma\/josh-emmett-knocks-bryce-mitchell-out-cold-with-devastating-right-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Emmett knocks Bryce Mitchell OUT COLD with devastating right hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Josh Emmett knocks Bryce Mitchell OUT COLD with devastating right hand in the first round of their clash at UFC 296&#8230; leaving his featherweight rival in a heap on the canvas<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Emmett landed a right-hand haymaker which instantly shut Mitchell&#8217;s lights out<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>The latter laid stiff on the canvas and failed to get up for the official decision<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>READ MORE:\u00a0Paddy Pimblett defeats Tony Ferguson by unanimous decision<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Josh Emmett began the UFC 296 main card with a brutal first round knockout over Bryce Mitchell.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fight began with both men passively feeling out the Octagon to the fans&#8217; displeasure. But as the Las Vegas crowd began to fizzle out, Emmett landed a right-handed haymaker to shut Mitchell&#8217;s lights out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The knockout took place at the 1:57 mark as Mitchell laid stiff on the canvas, unable to get up for the official decision.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After the fight, Emmett acknowledged his opponent&#8217;s toughness but reiterated his place as the most powerful hitter in the featherweight division.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I wanna thank Bryce for taking the fight,&#8217; Emmett said. &#8216;He is a dangerous guy but I am the most powerful featherweight in the world and it only takes one shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/03\/79048877-0-image-a-19_1702784413234.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Josh Emmett began the UFC 296 main card with a brutal knockout over Bryce Mitchell<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/04\/79048881-12873257-image-a-20_1702787841762.jpg\" height=\"433\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Emmett landed a right-handed haymaker to shut Mitchell&#8217;s lights out and end the contest\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/04\/79049851-12873257-image-a-77_1702788445160.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The knockout took place at the 1:57 mark as Mitchell laid stiff on the canvas, unable to get up for the official decision<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell accepted the bout on two weeks notice after Emmett&#8217;s original opponent Giga Chikadze withdrew due to injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell, 16-2, rode the momentum of a decision win over Dan Ige in September as he suffered his second career loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Emmett bounced back from a loss to featherweight title challenger Ilia Topuria in June.<\/p>\n<p>With the win, Emmett moves to a 19-4 record with seven knockouts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the evening, former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt scored his second straight win by knocking out Brian Kelleher in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>The bout began back and forth with Kelleher utilizing leg kicks on the former champion. However, Garbrandt&#8217;s forward pressure and combinations began to break through Kelleher&#8217;s defense as he went for the early finish.<\/p>\n<p>He wobbled and chased Kelleher down in an exchange before landing a clean right hook in the middle of the Octagon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kelleher fell face-first and Garbrandt walked off as referee Mark Goddard stopped the fight at the 3:42 mark.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mma\/article-12873257\/josh-emmett-knockout-bryce-mitchell-ufc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Emmett knocks Bryce Mitchell OUT COLD with devastating right hand in the first round of their clash at UFC 296&#8230; leaving his featherweight rival in a heap on the canvas Emmett landed a right-hand haymaker which instantly shut Mitchell&#8217;s lights out The latter laid stiff on the canvas and failed to get up for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Josh Emmett knocks Bryce Mitchell OUT COLD with devastating right hand - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/mma\/josh-emmett-knocks-bryce-mitchell-out-cold-with-devastating-right-hand\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Josh Emmett knocks Bryce Mitchell OUT COLD with devastating right hand - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Josh Emmett knocks Bryce Mitchell OUT COLD with devastating right hand in the first round of their clash at UFC 296&#8230; 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