MJ
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Lightweight #42balanced

Michael Johnson

Record
16-16
Rating
1825 ± 140
Since last event
–
Next fight
nothing booked
Age
40
Current streak
1 losses
Wins by
6 KO · 0 sub · 10 dec

Key facts

Record
16-16
Division
Lightweight
Our rank
#42
Rating
1825 ± 140
Style label
balanced
Country
unknown
Height
70"
Reach
73"
Stance
Southpaw
Date of birth
1986-06-04

Rating history

Style profile

Percentile within the division · the dashed ring is average · outward is always better
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The numbers behind it

Rates are per 15 minutes of fight time, adjusted for the quality of what the opponent usually allows. Defence and accuracy figures are percentages. A wider ± means fewer rounds of evidence, and on the chart it is the whisker along that axis.
MetricMichael JohnsonDivision
Strikes landed
/15 min		50.1 ± 5.0
56th percentile		47.8
Strike avoidance
absorbed /15 min		57.0 ± 3.5
74th percentile		58.5
Takedown attempts
/15 min		3.93 ± 1.60
16th percentile		4.72
Takedown defence
%		62 ± 28
92nd percentile		54
Control time
s /15 min		185 ± 18
19th percentile		193
Striking defence
%		55 ± 5
95th percentile		53
Knockdowns
/15 min		0.68 ± 0.05
60th percentile		0.67
Submission attempts
/15 min		0.43 ± 0.42
5th percentile		0.64

UFC fight history

L Drew Dober
UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2 · 2026-03-07
 KO/TKO R2
W Daniel Zellhuber
UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 · 2025-07-19
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Ottman Azaitar
UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley · 2024-12-14
 KO/TKO R2
W Darrius Flowers
UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer · 2024-02-10
 Decision - Unanimous R3
L Diego Ferreira
UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill · 2023-05-20
 KO/TKO R2
W Marc Diakiese
UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland · 2022-12-03
 Decision - Unanimous R3
L Jamie Mullarkey
UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev · 2022-07-09
 Decision - Split R3
W Alan Patrick
UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic · 2022-05-14
 KO/TKO R2
L Clay Guida
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov · 2021-02-06
 Decision - Unanimous R3
L Thiago Moises
UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira · 2020-05-13
 Submission R2
L Stevie Ray
UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren · 2019-10-26
 Decision - Majority R3
L Josh Emmett
UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje · 2019-03-30
 KO/TKO R3
W Artem Lobov
UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith · 2018-10-27
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Andre Fili
UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick · 2018-08-25
 Decision - Split R3
L Darren Elkins
UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi · 2018-01-14
 Submission R2
L Justin Gaethje
The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale · 2017-07-07
 KO/TKO R2
L Khabib Nurmagomedov
UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor · 2016-11-12
 Submission R3
W Dustin Poirier
UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson · 2016-09-17
 KO/TKO R1
L Nate Diaz
UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 · 2015-12-19
 Decision - Unanimous R3
L Beneil Dariush
UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Saint Preux · 2015-08-08
Decision check: dispute 0.74, decision credit 0.55 (official result unchanged)
 Decision - Split R3
W Edson Barboza
UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Mir · 2015-02-22
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Melvin Guillard
UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Manuwa · 2014-03-08
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Gleison Tibau
UFC 168: Weidman vs Silva 2 · 2013-12-28
 KO/TKO R2
W Joe Lauzon
UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen · 2013-08-17
 Decision - Unanimous R3
L Reza Madadi
UFC on FUEL TV: Mousasi vs Latifi · 2013-04-06
 Submission R3
L Myles Jury
UFC 155: Dos Santos vs Velasquez II · 2012-12-29
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Danny Castillo
UFC on FX: Browne vs Bigfoot · 2012-10-05
 KO/TKO R2
W Tony Ferguson
UFC on FOX: Diaz vs Miller · 2012-05-05
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Shane Roller
UFC on FOX: Evans vs Davis · 2012-01-28
 Decision - Unanimous R3
L Paul Sass
UFC Live: Cruz vs Johnson · 2011-10-01
 Submission R1
W Edward Faaloloto
UFC Live: Kongo vs Barry · 2011-06-26
 KO/TKO R1
L Jonathan Brookins
The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs Team Koscheck Finale · 2010-12-04
 Decision - Unanimous R3