Johnson vs Reis

Who won Johnson vs Reis?

Demetrious Johnson beat Wilson Reis by submission in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC on FOX 24, on Saturday 15th April 2017 at Sprint Center in Kansas City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Demetrious 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).

This contest was for the UFC flyweight championship.

Johnson vs Reis stats

Demetrious Johnson stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Wilson Reis made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws and 10 by submission.

Demetrious Johnson's UFC record stood at 15-2-1, while Wilson Reis' came in at 7-6-0.

The stats suggested Johnson had an advantage in power over Reis, with a 20% knock out percentage over Reis' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Reis had a slight advantage over Johnson, with a 45% submission rate over Johnson's 36%.

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

Reis had a height advantage of 1 inch over Johnson. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Johnson was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in , 16 years and 8 months earlier than Reis, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 101 to Reis' 101.

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Johnson's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 4 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.3 rounds on average.

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