Pros react to Josh Emmett’s shocking upset KO of Ricardo Lamas

Last night, in the co-main event of UFC on Fox 26, Team Alpha Male prospect Josh Emmett stepped into the Octagon for a short notice bout with long-time featherweight contender Ricardo Lamas. Though Emmett unfortunately missed weight for this fight, he managed to make good on the opportunity in the end, knocking Lamas out with a swooping left hook in the first round.

Unsurprisingly, this massive upset win generated some interesting reactions from Emmett’s fellow pros on Twitter. See some of the best reactions below!

The secret of success is being ready when your opportunity comes! Congrats @joshemmett155 @teamalphamalemma

A post shared by Cody Garbrandt (@cody_nolove) on Dec 16, 2017 at 7:27pm PST

Brutal

— GILBERT BURNS (@GilbertDurinho) December 17, 2017

Holy shit

— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) December 17, 2017

Wow that was fucking NASTY @ufc @danawhite

— Manny Gamburyan (@MannyGamburyan) December 17, 2017

Damn son! #UFCWinnipeg

— Todd Grisham (@GrishamMMA) December 17, 2017

If u didn’t know…now u know! @joshemmett155 10 year @teamalphamalemma vet finally gets to shine! 👊🏽

A post shared by Urijah Faber (@urijahfaber) on Dec 16, 2017 at 6:32pm PST

As soon as I saw how wide he threw that hook everything told me Emmett was coming with a hard counter. Sheesh. 😳 #ufcwinnipeg

— Tatiana Suarez (@TSPMMA115) December 17, 2017

GODDAMN what a KO by Josh Emmet… 😳🚨💪🏼☠️. Came in unranked and just KTFO’ed the #3 ranked fighter in FW. Impressive. #UFCWinnipeg

— Nicolas Dalby (@DalbyMMA) December 17, 2017

Just got flashbacks from that nasty KO! Missed with the right but Emmett lands an insane left hook! Fight game cray-cray#UFCWiinnipeg

— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) December 17, 2017

Dayyyyum. Good way to jump the line and cut in front of everyone in @UFC at 145.😳👌 #UFCWinnnipeg

— Johnny Hollywood (@HollywoodCase) December 17, 2017

Oooooo, that was nasty! #UFCWinnipeg

— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) December 17, 2017

Walk off

— Ian McCall (@Unclecreepymma) December 17, 2017

Wow!!! Huge left hook and win for @JoshEmmett155!!

— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) December 17, 2017

Wow!!! Huge left hook and win for @JoshEmmett155!!

— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) December 17, 2017

Wooowwww WTF !!!!!!

— Leonardo Santos (@LeoSantosbjj) December 17, 2017

Vicious

— Shane Burgos (@HurricaneShaneB) December 17, 2017

What did you think of Josh Emmett’s huge win in Winnipeg?

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 17/12/2017.