Johnson vs Maksum

Who won Johnson vs Maksum?

Charles Johnson beat Azat Maksum by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 3rd February 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Charles Johnson.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Johnson vs Maksum stats

Charles Johnson stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Azat Maksum made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 17 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Charles Johnson's 8th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022.

Charles Johnson's UFC record stood at 4-4-0, while Azat Maksum's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Johnson had an advantage in power over Maksum, with a 46% knock out percentage over Maksum's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Maksum had an advantage over Johnson, with a 41% submission rate over Johnson's 23%.

Charles Johnson was the older man by 4 years, at 33 years old.

Johnson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Maksum.

Johnson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 7 months earlier than Maksum, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 55 to Maksum's 36.

Johnson vs Maksum form

Johnson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Rafael Ramos at UFC Fight Night – Allen vs Craig on 18th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Cody Durden at UFC Fight Night – Song vs. Simon on 29th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Ode Osbourne at UFC Fight Night – Krylov vs Spann on 25th February 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Jimmy Flick at UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov on 14th January 2023 by knockout in the 1st round.

He had beaten Zhalgas Zhumagulov at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak on 19th November 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Johnson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 5 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Johnson vs Maksum?

Charles Johnson was a 12/5 (+240) underdog going into the contest, while Azat Maksum made his way into the ring at 33/100 (-300) with oddsmakers.