Jeremy Stephens ends Josh Emmett at UFC on Fox 28 with controversial KO

A fight between two customers in featherweight. And it hit hard. It's Josh Emmett who will first surprise Stephens and put him knockdown on a huge right hook. Emmett advantage at the end of the first round.

Stephens will come back strong from the beginning of the 2nd round. A left hook at the end of course, he goes to sleep Emmett and rush to the finish. On the ground, he does not leave a second to his opponent and chases the nudges. Emmett will barely get up before another nudge ends the fight.

Jeremy Stephens gets his 18th victory by knockout. Impressive. Only problem, the finish is unfortunately tainted with several illegal shots. Indeed, at least two elbows distributed after the knockdown are illegal because given behind the head. Kneeling that will prevent Emmett from getting up is also banned by the American organization.

A finish that made fans and other UFC fighters react. In beast-mode to get the finish, it's hard to blame Stephens. It was therefore to referee Dan Miragliotta that the critics turned. In the front row at the finish, he could largely have stopped the fight on the illegal shots of Stephens.

During the show post show, Daniel Cormier and Dominick Cruz got excited about the finish. Cruz defending his training partner insisting that the knee hit did not touch Emmett. DC remains in his position and says that the knee injury has clearly affected the fighter of Team Alpha Male.

For its part, Emmett records his second defeat in the UFC. He still intends to appeal the decision so that the verdict is shot in No Contest. We will see what will be the decision of the UFC regarding the final decision.