Johnson vs Mota

Who won Johnson vs Mota?

Charles Johnson beat Carlos Mota by during the main event of LFA 122, on Friday 21st January 2022 at The Factory at the District in St. Louis.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Johnson vs Mota stats

Charles Johnson stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Carlos Mota made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 5 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out.

Charles Johnson's LFA record stood at 6-1-0, while Carlos Mota's came in at 3-1-0.

The stats suggested that Johnson and Mota have similar power, both with a 40% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Johnson had a large advantage over Mota, boasting a 30% submission rate over Mota's 0%.

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

Johnson had a height advantage of 4 inches over Mota. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Johnson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 1 month earlier than Mota, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 52 to Mota's 25.

Johnson vs Mota form

Johnson had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Muhammad Mokaev at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Carlos Mota at LFA 122 on 21st January 2022 by knockout in the 5th round in their LFA Flyweight championship fight at The Factory at the District, St. Louis, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jo o Camilo at LFA 114 on 27th August 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at The Factory at the District, St. Louis.

Before that, he had defeated Yuma Horiuchi at LFA 110 on 2nd July 2021 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Grand Hotel Casino & Resort, Shawnee.

He was victorious against Karlee Pangilinan at LFA 100 on 19th February 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Hartman Arena, Park City.

Activity check

Johnson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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