SUMMARY
- Josh Emmett took three days to cut a little over 10 lbs by doing a water fast.
- The 39-year-old claims that he would've stayed at lightweight had he won more fights in the weight class.
Josh Emmett has turned into a star that everybody wants to watch in the octagon regularly. The 39-year-old is unbelievably strong and dangerous on the floor despite his age. Usually, fighters start losing their ability to stay in peak shape at some point. Despite it being 13 years since making his professional debut, Emmett has stayed extremely consistent.
We haven’t witnessed an Emmett fight this year. The veteran featherweight last fought against Bryce Mitchell, a fight which resulted in a brutal knockout that had the latter twitching while he was unconscious. Before that, Emmett experienced two losses against current featherweight champion Ilia Topuria and former interim champion Yair Rodriguez.
Josh Emmett’s water-fast body transformation leaves fans in disbelief
While fans wonder what Josh Emmett has been up to ever since knocking out Mitchell into the stratosphere, well the veteran has been testing out a couple of weight-cut tricks and diets. Recently, Josh posted a collage of pictures of him on a three-day water fast. Each picture was of Emmett on each day of the fast.
Impressive discipline, fasting is great for mental and physical health
— MMADataGuy (@MMADataGuy) July 13, 2024
Discipline lol
— JOSH EMMETT (@JoshEmmettUFC) July 13, 2024
Fans were baffled by Emmett’s ability to endure a massive weight cut since he fasted his way from 176 lbs to 166.9 lbs in three days. One individual said, “How TF do you make 145?!” Emmett also responded to this fan saying, “Discipline lol.” Another individual said, “Impressive discipline, fasting is great for mental and physical health.” It’s certainly how Emmett manages to cut nearly 40 lbs to make weight for his fights.
Josh Emmett initially fought at lightweight before moving to featherweight
When he initially signed with the UFC, Josh Emmett’s first couple of bouts were at lightweight. However, a fight against Desmond Green forced him to move down a weight class. During an interview on Mark Bell’s Power Project, he said, “So I was fighting on the regional scene at 155. I got into the UFC and I won my first two fights [at lightweight]. So, my plan was always to go featherweight.”
He added, “In my third lightweight fight in the UFC, I fought a guy [named] Desmond Green in Buffalo… I feel like I won that fight to this day but he won on the scorecards by split decision… it made me re-evaluate things and I’m like this is the time to make the cut to 145.” He claimed that if he had won against Green, he would’ve continued fighting at lightweight. However, featherweight is interestingly where Emmett feels more comfortable fighting it seems like.