Johnson vs Mullarkey

Who won Johnson vs Mullarkey?

Jamie Mullarkey beat Michael Johnson by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 9th July 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Jamie Mullarkey.

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 Mullarkey stats

Michael Johnson stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 17 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Jamie Mullarkey made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Michael Johnson's UFC record stood at 14-15-0, while Jamie Mullarkey's came in at 5-5-0.

The stats suggested Johnson had a massive power advantage over Mullarkey, boasting a 45% knock out percentage over Mullarkey's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Johnson had a slight advantage over Mullarkey, with a 10% submission rate over Mullarkey's 0%.

Michael Johnson was the older man by 8 years, at 37 years old.

Mullarkey had a height advantage of 2 inches over Johnson. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Johnson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 37 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 5 years and 8 months earlier than Mullarkey, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 49 more professional rounds, 96 to Mullarkey's 47.

Johnson vs Mullarkey form

Michael Johnson had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Alan Patrick at UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Rakić on 14th May 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Clay Guida at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Thiago Moises at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 13th May 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he had been defeated by 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.

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

Activity check

Johnson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Mullarkey's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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