{"id":415437,"date":"2026-01-17T14:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T14:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/415437\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T14:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T14:00:18","slug":"josh-emmett-vs-kevin-vallejos-booked-to-headline-ufc-vegas-114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/415437\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Emmett vs. Kevin Vallejos booked to headline UFC Vegas 114"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A featherweight main event has been booked for UFC Vegas 114 scheduled for Mar. 14 LIVE on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-paramount-plus-news-hub-fight-cards-schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paramount+<\/a> from inside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/414751\/ufc-loses-apex-naming-rights-in-stunning-five-year-deal-that-fight-fans-are-calling-the-future-of-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meta APEX<\/a> in Las Vegas, Nevada, as veteran contender Josh Emmett meets rising youngster Kevin Vallejos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">UFC\u2019s social media team announced the booking Friday afternoon. See below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Emmett, who will turn 41 on Mar. 4, has struggled of late. The perennial contender is just 1-4 in his last five trips to the Octagon, which includes a loss to Yair Rodriguez back in 2023 for the interim UFC featherweight. Emmett did turn in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2023\/12\/16\/24004152\/full-fight-video-highlights-ufc-296-results-las-vegas-espn-ppv-emmett-knockout-mitchell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Knockout of the Year candidate<\/a> over Bryce Mitchell back at UFC 296, but he hasn\u2019t quite looked himself since then. This will be a big opportunity for Emmett to prove he still has some gas left in the tank.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Vallejos, on the other hand, is one of the most exciting young prospects in any UFC division. The 24-year-old finisher has produced a 3-0 UFC record since earning a contract on Dana White\u2019s Contender Series, which puts him at 17-1 overall heading into the new year. The only defeat on Vallejos\u2019 record is a 2023 decision loss to Jean Silva. \u201cEl Chino\u201d is also coming off a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-espn-plus-fight-pass-events-schedule-mma\/409586\/watch-ufc-vegas-112-video-highlights-results-espn-mma-vallejos-spinning-backfist-knockout-chikadze\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ridiculous spinning backfist knockout<\/a> over Giga Chikadze last December, which likely landed him his first UFC main event nod.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">What do you think, fight fans? Did UFC matchmakers get this one right?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Stick with Mania for more UFC Vegas 114 fight card news and coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A featherweight main event has been booked for UFC Vegas 114 scheduled for Mar. 14 LIVE on Paramount+&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,139445,702,4454],"class_list":["post-415437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-news","tag-upcoming-ufc-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}