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Delgado (11-2) is coming off a hard-fought split-decision win over featherweight veteran Andre Fili earlier this month. Delgado recently called out David Onama, Dan Ige and Josh Emmett. While Onama and Emmett are ranked 14 and 15, respectively, in the official UFC featherweight rankings, Ige recently lost his No. 13 spot to Patricio Freire.
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Emmett headlined the same card against Kevin Vallejos, where Delgado defeated Fili. Vallejos knocked Emmett out clean in the very first round. Despite Emmett’s recent loss, Delgado believes the veteran knockout artist still has the “touch of death.” Delgado recalls when Emmett sent Bryce Mitchell to the shadow realm with a right hand in 2023, in one of the scariest knockouts in recent history.
Not Here to Skate By
“[David] Onama or Dan Ige would be sweet,” Delgado told Home of Fight. “Even Josh Emmett… Emmett’s got touch of death, man. The Bryce Mitchell knockout is one that will live in all our minds rent free. But that’s what I’m here for. I’m not here to just skate by. I love the feeling of, ‘Ooh, that’s something to look out for.’ I love having to face those questions for months in preparation.”
Emmett (19-7) is one of only two fighters to go the distance against current lightweight champion Ilia Topuria, who is a feared knockout artist. Emmett bounced back from a decision loss against Topuria with the iconic knockout of Mitchell. However, the 41-year-old has since dropped three in a row, including two stoppage losses. Meanwhile, currently 3-1 in the UFC, Delgado rebounded from his only UFC loss against Nathaniel Wood with the recent win over Fili.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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