Gaethje vs Johnson

Who won Gaethje vs Johnson?

Justin Gaethje beat Michael Johnson by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale, on Friday 7th July 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Gaethje vs Johnson stats

Justin Gaethje stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 17 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Michael Johnson made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Justin Gaethje's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Justin Gaethje's UFC record stood at 8-5-0, while Michael Johnson's came in at 14-15-0.

The stats suggested Gaethje had a massive power advantage over Johnson, boasting a 82% knock out percentage over Johnson's 47%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Johnson had a slight advantage over Gaethje, with a 12% submission rate over Gaethje's 6%.

Justin Gaethje was the younger man by 2 years, at 35 years old.

Gaethje had a height advantage of 1 inch over Johnson. Despite this, Johnson had 4-inch reach advantage.

Gaethje was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 years and 6 months later than Johnson, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 30 less professional rounds, 66 to Johnson's 96.

Gaethje vs Johnson form

Gaethje had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Charles Oliveira at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by submission in the 1st round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had won against Michael Chandler at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had beaten Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

He had defeated Donald Cerrone at UFC on ESPN+ 16 on 14th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

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Gaethje's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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