Michael Johnson
“The Menace”
LightweightActive
Career record
25–20–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
16–16–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
6KO0SUB10DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
4KO5SUB7DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1986-06-04 · age 40
- Height
- 5′ 10″ (70 in)
- Reach
- 73 in
- Leg reach
- 41 in
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Country
- United States
- Hometown
- St. Louis, United States
- Gym / team
- Jaco Hybrid Training Center
- Octagon debut
- 2010-12-04
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 4.27
- Striking accuracy
- 39%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 3.78
- Striking defence
- 58%
- Takedown average
- 0.57
- Takedown accuracy
- 38%
- Takedown defence
- 81%
- Submission average
- 0.00
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
32 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-07 | Drew Dober | Loss | TKO · R2 · 1:53 | Lightweight | UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2 |
| 2025-07-19 | Daniel Zellhuber | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 |
| 2024-12-14 | Ottman Azaitar | Win | TKO · R2 · 2:03 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley |
| 2024-02-10 | Darrius Flowers | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer |
| 2023-05-20 | Diego Ferreira | Loss | TKO · R2 · 1:50 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill |
| 2022-12-03 | Marc Diakiese | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland |
| 2022-07-09 | Jamie Mullarkey | Loss | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev |
| 2022-05-14 | Alan Patrick | Win | TKO · R2 · 3:22 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic |
| 2021-02-06 | Clay Guida | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov |
| 2020-05-13 | Thiago Moises | Loss | Submission · R2 · 0:25 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira |
| 2019-10-26 | Stevie Ray | Loss | Majority Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren |
| 2019-03-30 | Josh Emmett | Loss | TKO · R3 · 4:14 | Featherweight | UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje |
| 2018-10-27 | Artem Lobov | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Featherweight | UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith |
| 2018-08-25 | Andre Fili | Win | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Featherweight | UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick |
| 2018-01-14 | Darren Elkins | Loss | Submission · R2 · 2:22 | Featherweight | UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi |
| 2017-07-07 | Justin Gaethje | Loss | TKO · R2 · 4:48 | Lightweight | The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale |
| 2016-11-12 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | Loss | Submission · R3 · 2:31 | Lightweight | UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor |
| 2016-09-17 | Dustin Poirier | Win | TKO · R1 · 1:35 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson |
| 2015-12-19 | Nate Diaz | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 |
| 2015-08-08 | Beneil Dariush | Loss | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Saint Preux |
| 2015-02-22 | Edson Barboza | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Mir |
| 2014-03-08 | Melvin Guillard | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Manuwa |
| 2013-12-28 | Gleison Tibau | Win | TKO · R2 · 1:32 | Lightweight | UFC 168: Weidman vs Silva 2 |
| 2013-08-17 | Joe Lauzon | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen |
| 2013-04-06 | Reza Madadi | Loss | Submission · R3 · 1:33 | Lightweight | UFC on FUEL TV: Mousasi vs Latifi |
| 2012-12-29 | Myles Jury | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 155: Dos Santos vs Velasquez II |
| 2012-10-05 | Danny Castillo | Win | TKO · R2 · 1:06 | Lightweight | UFC on FX: Browne vs Bigfoot |
| 2012-05-05 | Tony Ferguson | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC on FOX: Diaz vs Miller |
| 2012-01-28 | Shane Roller | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC on FOX: Evans vs Davis |
| 2011-10-01 | Paul Sass | Loss | Submission · R1 · 3:00 | Lightweight | UFC Live: Cruz vs Johnson |
| 2011-06-26 | Edward Faaloloto | Win | TKO · R1 · 4:42 | Lightweight | UFC Live: Kongo vs Barry |
| 2010-12-04 | Jonathan Brookinstitle | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs Team Koscheck Finale |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 32 rows in the archive list Michael Johnson as one of the two fighters. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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