Johnson vs Ferreira

Who won Johnson vs Ferreira?

Diego Ferreira beat Michael Johnson by during the main card of UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2, on Saturday 20th May 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Diego Ferreira.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Johnson vs Ferreira stats

Michael Johnson stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 18 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Diego Ferreira made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Michael Johnson's UFC record stood at 14-15-0, while Diego Ferreira's came in at 9-5-0.

The stats suggested Johnson had a large advantage in power over Ferreira, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Ferreira's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ferreira had a massive advantage over Johnson, boasting a 41% submission rate over Johnson's 10%.

Michael Johnson was the younger man by 2 years, at 37 years old.

Johnson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ferreira. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Johnson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 3 years and 2 months earlier than Ferreira, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 44 more professional rounds, 96 to Ferreira's 52.

Johnson vs Ferreira form

Michael Johnson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to 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

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.

Ferreira's last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Johnson vs Ferreira?

Michael Johnson was a 13/10 (+130) underdog going into the contest, while Diego Ferreira made his way into the ring at 63/100 (-160) with oddsmakers.