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Michael Johnson
“The Menace”
United StatesLightweightActiveage 40
25-20
56% win rate
L1 streak
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
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- Title
16 wins16 losseslast 5: L W W W Ldrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(32) | R2(29) | R3(20) | R4 | R5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 23.1 | 22.2 | 17.9 | — | — |
| Sig Str absorbed | 16.4 | 19.6 | 19.5 | — | — |
| Takedowns landed | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.30 | — | — |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.13 | 0.28 | 0.61 | — | — |
| Control time | 0:21 | 0:27 | 0:27 | — | — |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 22026-03-07L·KO·R2 · 1:53
- UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 32025-07-19W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley2024-12-14W·KO·R2 · 2:03
- UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer2024-02-10W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill2023-05-20L·KO·R2 · 1:50
- UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland2022-12-03W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev2022-07-09L·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic2022-05-14W·KO·R2 · 3:22
- UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov2021-02-06L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira2020-05-13L·Sub·R2 · 0:25
- UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren2019-10-26L·M-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje2019-03-30L·KO·R3 · 4:14
- UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith2018-10-27W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick2018-08-25W·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi2018-01-14L·Sub·R2 · 2:22
- The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale2017-07-07L·KO·R2 · 4:48
- UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor2016-11-12L·Sub·R3 · 2:31
- UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson2016-09-17W·KO·R1 · 1:35
- UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 22015-12-19L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Saint Preux2015-08-08L·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Mir2015-02-22W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Manuwa2014-03-08W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 168: Weidman vs Silva 22013-12-28W·KO·R2 · 1:32
- UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen2013-08-17W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC on FUEL TV: Mousasi vs Latifi2013-04-06L·Sub·R3 · 1:33
- UFC 155: Dos Santos vs Velasquez II2012-12-29L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC on FX: Browne vs Bigfoot2012-10-05W·KO·R2 · 1:06
- UFC on FOX: Diaz vs Miller2012-05-05W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC on FOX: Evans vs Davis2012-01-28W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Live: Cruz vs Johnson2011-10-01L·Sub·R1 · 3:00
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In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- Sherdog
Lightweight Alexander Hernandez has recounted an unusual federal investigation into his canceled UFC 324 bout against Michael Johnson in January.
Similar fighters
Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
