Gaethje vs Johnson

Who won Gaethje vs Johnson?

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

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Justin Gaethje.

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 July 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

Michael Johnson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Stevie Ray at UFC on ESPN+ 20 on 26th October 2019 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Josh Emmett at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Artem Lobov at UFC Fight Night 138 on 27th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Moncton Events Centre, Moncton, Canada.

Before that, he had beaten Andre Fili at UFC Fight Night 135 on 25th August 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, United States.

He had been defeated by Darren Elkins at UFC Fight Night 124 on 14th January 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Scottrade Center, St. Louis.

Activity check

Gaethje's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Johnson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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