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Michael Johnson
Fighter

Michael Johnson

"The Menace"
24-20-0★ 6bonusesUnited StatesUnited StatesLast 5
Amateur MMA 2-1
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CAREER SUMMARY

Michael Johnson holds a professional MMA record of 24-20-0. Their full professional MMA career spans 48 bouts on record. Michael Johnson has won 28 fights: 10 by KO/TKO, 3 by submission, 15 by decision. Of 20 career losses, 4 came by KO/TKO and 9 by submission. In the UFC, Michael Johnson lands 4.27 significant strikes per minute with 39% accuracy and averages 0.57 takedowns per 15 minutes. Most recent fight: March 7, 2026. Tracked organizations: UFC.

Profile

Height
5'10"178 cm
Weight
155 lbs70 kg
Reach
73"185 cm
Stance
Southpaw
DOB
1986-06-04
Age
40
Nationality
United States
Birthplace
St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Fight DNA

Striking Technician

UFCalendar's style model · Lightweight roster (302 fighters)

PowerSpeedPrecisionDurabilityEngineWrestlingGround
Fast Hands
98 · top 3% in division
Punch power93
Kick power96
Punch speed98
Kick speed97
Accuracy95
Takedowns53
Ground striking49
Submissions50
Chin94
Body strength94
Cardio91

Attributes are rated 0-100 by UFCalendar's style model.

By the numbers

UFC careerRecord: 25-20-0 · Source: UFCStats.com
Striking
Strikes landed4.27per min
39% accuracy
Strikes absorbed3.78per min
58% avoided
Grappling
Takedowns landed0.57per 15 min
38% success
Takedowns stuffed81%
Submission attempts0.0per 15 min

Bonus résumé

Michael Johnson has won 6 UFC post-fight bonuses. Estimated bonus earnings: $300,000.

★ FOTN ×3★ POTN ×2★ KOTN ×1
  1. ★ POTNvs Ottman Azaitar · UFC Fight Night: Covington vs BuckleyDec 15, 2024
  2. ★ FOTNvs Jamie Mullarkey · UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs FizievJul 9, 2022
  3. ★ FOTNvs Justin Gaethje · UFC Fight Night: Johnson vs GaethjeJul 8, 2017
  4. ★ POTNvs Dustin Poirier · UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs JohnsonSep 18, 2016
  5. ★ FOTNvs Nate Diaz · UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs Cowboy 2Dec 19, 2015
  6. ★ KOTNvs Danny Castillo · UFC on FX: Browne vs BigfootOct 5, 2012

Estimates use each era's real amount: $50,000 from 2012, $100,000 from UFC 324, plus $25,000 finish incentives.

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Salary & career earnings

Disclosed purses, reported paydays and our model's estimate of what Michael Johnson earns per fight.

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Career history

  1. LOSS
    vs Drew Dober
    UFCUFC 326: Holloway vs Oliveira 2· Mar 7, 2026· Lightweight· 24-19 vs 28-15
    TKO
    R2 · 1:53
  2. WIN
    vs Daniel Zellhuber
    UFCUFC 318: Holloway vs Poirier 3· Jul 19, 2025· Lightweight· 23-19 vs 15-2
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  3. WIN
    vs Ottman Azaitar
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Covington vs Buckley· Dec 15, 2024· Lightweight· 22-19 vs 13-2
    TKO
    R2 · 2:03
    POTN
  4. WIN
    vs Darrius Flowers
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs Pyfer· Feb 10, 2024· Lightweight· 21-19 vs 12-6-1
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  5. LOSS
    vs Diego Ferreira
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Dern vs Hill· May 20, 2023· Lightweight· 21-18 vs 17-5
    TKO
    R2 · 1:50
  6. WIN
    vs Marc Diakiese
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Thompson vs Holland· Dec 4, 2022· Lightweight· 20-18 vs 16-5
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  7. LOSS
    vs Jamie Mullarkey
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs Fiziev· Jul 9, 2022· Lightweight· 20-17 vs 14-5
    SD
    R3 · 5:00
    FOTN
  8. WIN
    vs Alan Patrick
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs Rakić· May 14, 2022· Lightweight· 19-17 vs 15-3
    TKO
    R2 · 3:22
  9. LOSS
    vs Clay Guida
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Volkov· Feb 6, 2021· Lightweight· 19-16 vs 35-20
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  10. LOSS
    vs Thiago Moises
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Smith vs Teixeira· May 14, 2020· Lightweight· 19-15 vs 12-4
    SUB
    R2 · 0:25
  11. LOSS
    vs Stevie Ray
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Maia vs Askren· Oct 26, 2019· Lightweight· 19-14 vs 22-9
    MD
    R3 · 5:00
  12. LOSS
    vs Josh Emmett
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Gaethje· Mar 30, 2019· Featherweight· 19-13 vs 13-2
    TKO
    R3 · 4:14
  13. WIN
    vs Artem Lobov
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Volkan vs Smith· Oct 28, 2018· Featherweight· 18-13 vs 14-14-1
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  14. WIN
    vs Andre Fili
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs Vick· Aug 25, 2018· Featherweight· 17-13 vs 18-5
    SD
    R3 · 5:00
  15. LOSS
    vs Darren Elkins
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Stephens vs Choi· Jan 14, 2018· Featherweight· 17-12 vs 23-5
    SUB
    R2 · 2:22
  16. LOSS
    vs Justin Gaethje
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Johnson vs Gaethje· Jul 8, 2017· Lightweight· 17-11 vs 17-0
    TKO
    R2 · 4:48
    FOTN
  17. LOSS
    vs Khabib Nurmagomedov
    UFCUFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor· Nov 13, 2016· Lightweight· 17-10 vs 23-0
    SUB
    R3 · 2:31
  18. WIN
    vs Dustin Poirier
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Poirier vs Johnson· Sep 18, 2016· Lightweight· 16-10 vs 20-4
    TKO
    R1 · 1:35
    POTN
  19. LOSS
    vs Nate Diaz
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs Cowboy 2· Dec 19, 2015· Lightweight· 16-9 vs 17-10
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
    FOTN
  20. LOSS
    vs Beneil Dariush
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Saint Preux· Aug 8, 2015· Lightweight· 16-8 vs 11-1
    SD
    R3 · 5:00
  21. WIN
    vs Edson Barboza
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Mir· Feb 22, 2015· Lightweight· 15-8 vs 15-2
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  22. WIN
    vs Melvin Guillard
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Manuwa· Mar 8, 2014· Lightweight· 14-8 vs 31-12-2
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  23. WIN
    vs Gleison Tibau
    UFCUFC 168: Weidman vs Silva 2· Dec 28, 2013· Lightweight· 13-8 vs 29-9
    TKO
    R2 · 1:32
  24. WIN
    vs Joe Lauzon
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen· Aug 18, 2013· Lightweight· 12-8 vs 22-8
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  25. LOSS
    vs Reza Madadi
    UFCUFC on FUEL TV: Mousasi vs Latifi· Apr 6, 2013· Lightweight· 12-7 vs 12-3
    SUB
    R3 · 1:33
  26. LOSS
    vs Myles Jury
    UFCUFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II· Dec 30, 2012· Lightweight· 12-6 vs 10-0
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  27. WIN
    vs Danny Castillo
    UFCUFC on FX: Browne vs Bigfoot· Oct 5, 2012· Lightweight· 11-6 vs 14-4
    TKO
    R2 · 1:06
    KOTN
  28. WIN
    vs Tony Ferguson
    UFCUFC on FOX: Diaz vs Miller· May 5, 2012· Lightweight· 10-6 vs 13-2
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  29. WIN
    vs Shane Roller
    UFCUFC on FOX: Evans vs Davis· Jan 28, 2012· Lightweight· 9-6 vs 10-5
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  30. LOSS
    vs Paul Sass
    UFCUFC Live: Cruz vs Johnson· Oct 1, 2011· Lightweight· 9-5 vs 11-0
    SUB
    R1 · 3:00
  31. WIN
    vs Edward Faaloloto
    UFCUFC Live: Kongo vs Barry· Jun 26, 2011· Lightweight· 8-5 vs 1-1
    TKO
    R1 · 4:42
  32. LOSS
    vs Jonathan BrookinsTitle bout
    UFCThe Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs Team Koscheck Finale· Dec 4, 2010· Ultimate Fighter 12 Lightweight· 8-4 vs 11-3
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  33. WIN
    vs Nam Phan
    The Ultimate Fighter Season 12· Jul 12, 2010· Lightweight· 11-4
    SD
  34. WIN
    vs Alex Caceres
    The Ultimate Fighter Season 12· Jul 6, 2010· Lightweight· 10-4
    UD
  35. WIN
    vs Aaron Wilkinson
    The Ultimate Fighter Season 12· Jun 14, 2010· Lightweight· 9-4
    SUB
    R1 · 0:39
  36. WIN
    vs Pablo Garza
    The Ultimate Fighter Season 12· Jun 5, 2010· Lightweight· 8-4
    UD
  37. WIN
    vs Chris McDaniel
    Missouri Regional· Jan 30, 2010· 7-4 vs 12-12
    TKO
  38. WIN
    vs Ramiro Hernandez
    Titan FC· Dec 18, 2009· 6-4 vs 8-1
    DEC
  39. WIN
    vs Aaron Derrow
    Missouri Regional· Oct 3, 2009· 5-4 vs 5-1
    TKO
  40. LOSS
    vs Eric Marriott
    Missouri Regional· May 9, 2009· 5-3 vs 9-3
    SUB
  41. WIN
    vs Clay French
    Missouri Regional· Apr 10, 2009· 4-3 vs 15-4
    SUB
  42. LOSS
    vs Joe Brammer
    Midwest Cage Championship· Mar 14, 2009· 4-2 vs 5-0-1
    SUB
  43. LOSS
    vs James Krause
    Missouri Regional· Nov 22, 2008· 4-1 vs 7-0
    SUB
  44. WIN
    vs Warren Stewart
    Missouri Regional· Sep 13, 2008· 3-1 vs 3-6
    TKO
  45. WIN
    vs Luke Gwaltney
    Midwest Fight League· Jul 25, 2008· 2-1 vs 12-12-2
    DEC
  46. LOSS
    vs Ted Worthington
    Midwest Cage Championship· Apr 25, 2008· 2-0 vs 18-10
    SUB
  47. WIN
    vs Steve Schneider
    Missouri Regional· Apr 18, 2008· 1-0 vs 11-10-1
    SUB
  48. WIN
    vs Chauncey Prather
    Missouri Regional· Feb 1, 2008· 0-0 vs 0-0
    TKO

Career history data via Tapology.

Official UFC Ranking

Michael Johnson's standing in the official UFC rankings, tracked since 2013.

Current
Unranked
Peak
#5 Lightweight
First ranked
Dec 30, 2013
Times ranked
157

Lightweight

#1#5#10#152014201520162017Dec 30, 2013 · #14Jan 7, 2014 · #13Feb 17, 2014 · #14Feb 24, 2014 · #13Mar 3, 2014 · #14Mar 10, 2014 · #11Mar 17, 2014 · #12Mar 24, 2014 · #13Apr 14, 2014 · #12Apr 18, 2014 · #13Apr 21, 2014 · #12May 5, 2014 · #10Jun 2, 2014 · #8Jun 9, 2014 · #9Jun 30, 2014 · #8Jul 8, 2014 · #9Jul 21, 2014 · #10Sep 29, 2014 · #11Nov 10, 2014 · #12Nov 17, 2014 · #11Nov 24, 2014 · #12Feb 24, 2015 · #6Apr 20, 2015 · #5Jun 15, 2015 · #6Jul 13, 2015 · #5Dec 14, 2015 · #6Jan 19, 2016 · #7Feb 23, 2016 · #6Apr 12, 2016 · #7Apr 25, 2016 · #8Jul 11, 2016 · #10Sep 21, 2016 · #6Nov 16, 2016 · #7Mar 6, 2017 · #6Jun 21, 2017 · #5Jul 10, 2017 · #9Nov 13, 2017 · #11Dec 6, 2017 · #10Jan 1, 2018 · #10#10

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UFCalendar Power Index rating

Current
1711▼15
Peak
1779Sep 18, 2016
Rated fights
48
150016001700200920122015201820212024Feb 1, 2008 · 1541Apr 18, 2008 · 1575Apr 25, 2008 · 1537Jul 25, 2008 · 1562Sep 13, 2008 · 1585Nov 22, 2008 · 1559Mar 14, 2009 · 1541Apr 10, 2009 · 1574May 9, 2009 · 1556Oct 3, 2009 · 1586Dec 18, 2009 · 1611Jan 30, 2010 · 1627Jun 5, 2010 · 1656Jun 14, 2010 · 1685Jul 6, 2010 · 1706Jul 12, 2010 · 1719Dec 4, 2010 · 1695Jun 26, 2011 · 1713Oct 1, 2011 · 1699Jan 28, 2012 · 1710May 5, 2012 · 1726Oct 5, 2012 · 1743Dec 30, 2012 · 1732Apr 6, 2013 · 1717Aug 18, 2013 · 1730Dec 28, 2013 · 1748Mar 8, 2014 · 1758Feb 22, 2015 · 1772Aug 8, 2015 · 1767Dec 19, 2015 · 1758Sep 18, 2016 · 1779Nov 13, 2016 · 1763Jul 8, 2017 · 1755Jan 14, 2018 · 1742Aug 25, 2018 · 1748Oct 28, 2018 · 1755Mar 30, 2019 · 1739Oct 26, 2019 · 1728May 14, 2020 · 1713Feb 6, 2021 · 1702May 14, 2022 · 1698Jul 9, 2022 · 1693Dec 4, 2022 · 1704May 20, 2023 · 1690Feb 10, 2024 · 1700Dec 15, 2024 · 1712Jul 19, 2025 · 1726Mar 7, 2026 · 17111711

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Frequently asked questions

When does Michael Johnson fight next?

Michael Johnson has no confirmed upcoming fight.

What is Michael Johnson's record?

Michael Johnson's professional MMA record is 24-20-0.

Who is Michael Johnson fighting next?

Michael Johnson's next opponent has not been announced.

Who did Michael Johnson fight last?

Michael Johnson most recently fought Drew Dober at UFC 326: Holloway vs Oliveira 2 on Saturday, March 7, 2026, LOSS (TKO).

What weight class does Michael Johnson fight in?

Michael Johnson fights at Lightweight.

How many knockouts does Michael Johnson have?

Michael Johnson has 10 wins by KO/TKO and 3 wins by submission.

How many UFC bonuses has Michael Johnson won?

Michael Johnson has won 6 UFC post-fight bonuses: 3× Fight of the Night, 2× Performance of the Night, 1× KO of the Night.

How tall is Michael Johnson?

Michael Johnson is 5'10" (178 cm) tall.

How much does Michael Johnson weigh?

Michael Johnson weighs 155 lbs (70 kg).

What is Michael Johnson's reach?

Michael Johnson has a reach of 73" (185 cm).

How old is Michael Johnson?

Michael Johnson is 40 years old (born Jun 4, 1986).

Where is Michael Johnson from?

Michael Johnson is from United States.