Ultimate Fighting Championship cage.
The organization announced on Friday its headliner for its March 14
fight card that will be held at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Atop the
UFC Fight Night 269 billing—also known as UFC
Vegas 114—will be a 145-pound slugfest pitting Josh Emmett
(19-6) against Kevin
Vallejos (17-1). Vallejos subsequently confirmed his
involvement in this March main attraction on his Instagram.
California’s Emmett has fallen on hard time as of late. The
40-year-old has dropped four of his last five, with his lone
victory since 2022 a one-punch knockout of Bryce
Mitchell. Otherwise, Emmett has fallen short to Yair
Rodriguez and Youssef
Zalal by submission, and dropped decisions to Ilia
Topuria and Lerone
Murphy. Before the struggles, “CC0” had amassed a five-fight
win streak from 2019 to 2022, culminating in an interim title tilt
against the aforementioned Rodriguez.
The streaking Vallejos has made the most of his opportunity since
losing on the 2023 season of Dana White’s Contender Series to future top
contender Jean Silva.
A pair of stoppages in the Argentinian’s home country promotion of
Samurai Fight House led him to another crack at the Contender
Series, and he passed that test with flying colors by demolishing
Cam
Teague in under half a round. A trio of UFC victories including
knockouts over Seung Woo
Choi and most recently, a spinning back fist finish of Giga
Chikadze, propelled him into this main event opportunity.
Fierce featherweights headline
#UFCVegas114 💪@JoshEmmettUFC
vs @ElChinoVallejos
is your main event![ SAT March 14 | LIVE on @ParamountPlus
] pic.twitter.com/xKO4FhyDmQ— UFC (@ufc)
January 16, 2026