Giga Chikadze is not looking at Josh Emmett as being uniquely vulnerable ahead of their UFC 296 matchup next month. Emmett (18-4 MMA, 9-4 UFC) enters the featherweight fight with Chikadze (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC), which takes place Dec. 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and airs on ESPN2 prior to the pay-per-view main card and following early prelims on ESPN+, on the first two-fight losing skid of his more than 12-year career. At 38, there are questions about whether Emmett is falling off, or he just ran into the absolute elite of the division in a unanimous decision defeat to Ilia Topuria at UFC on ABC 5 in June, as well as a second-round submission loss to Yair Rodriguez in an interim title bout at UFC 284 in February
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Giga Chikadze dismisses Josh Emmett’s losing skid, expects ‘best version’ at UFC 296 – MMA Junkie