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“The Menace”
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Profile
| Full name | Michael Julian Johnson |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Menace |
| Date of birth | 4 Jun 1986 |
| Nationality | American |
| Birthplace | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Lives in | Not added yet |
| Division | Lightweight |
| Team | Blackzilians/Kill Cliff FC |
| Height | 178 cm (5′10″) |
| Reach | 185 cm (73″) |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Weight | 70.3 kg (155 lb) |
| Status | Not added yet |
| Pro debut | 1 Feb 2008 |
| UFC debut | 4 Dec 2010 |
| Last fight | 7 Mar 2026 |
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Fight history
44 professional fights on file (32 in the UFC). Newest first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Time | Event | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Drew Dober | KO/TKO (punch) | 2 | 1:53 | UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2 | 7 Mar 2026 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Kerry HatleyScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Daniel Zellhuber | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 | 19 Jul 2025 | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Kerry HatleyScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Derek Cleary 29-28, Eric Colon 29-28, Junichiro Kamijo 29-28 | |||||||
| Win | Ottman Azaitar | KO/TKO (punch) | 2 | 2:03 | UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley | 14 Dec 2024 | Tampa, Florida, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Jason HerzogScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Darrius Flowers | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer | 10 Feb 2024 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Chris TognoniScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Eric Colon 30-27, Junichiro Kamijo 30-27, Chris Lee 30-27 | |||||||
| Loss | Carlos Diego Ferreira | KO/TKO (punch) | 2 | 1:50 | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill | 20 May 2023 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Marc Diakiese | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland | 3 Dec 2022 | Orlando, Florida, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Keith PetersonScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Chris Lee 29-28, Sal D'amato 29-28, Troy Wincapaw 30-27 | |||||||
| Loss | Jamie Mullarkey | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev | 9 Jul 2022 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Derek Cleary 28-29, Mike Bell 29-28, Anthony Maness 28-29 | |||||||
| Win | Alan Patrick | KO/TKO (punch) | 2 | 3:22 | UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic | 14 May 2022 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Clay Guida | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov | 6 Feb 2021 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Mark SmithScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Chris Lee 27-30, Junichiro Kamijo 27-30, Tony Weeks 27-30 | |||||||
| Loss | Thiago Moises | Submission (ankle lock) | 2 | 0:25 | UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira | 13 May 2020 | Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Keith PetersonScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Stevie Ray | Decision (majority) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren | 26 Oct 2019 | Kallang, Singapore |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Leon RobertsScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Pawel Harasim 28-29, Barry Foley 28-29, Evan Field 28-28 | |||||||
| Loss | Josh Emmett | KO/TKO (punch) | 3 | 4:14 | UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje | 30 Mar 2019 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Bout Featherweight BoutReferee Keith PetersonScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Artem Lobov | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith | 27 Oct 2018 | Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Bout Featherweight BoutReferee Jerin ValelScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Declan Woods 29-28, Doug Crosby 29-28, Emile Arsenault 30-27 | |||||||
| Win | Andre Fili | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick | 25 Aug 2018 | Lincoln, Nebraska, USA |
| Bout Featherweight BoutReferee Blake GriceScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Sal D'amato 29-28, Kristy Gynan 27-30, Glenn Trowbridge 29-28 | |||||||
| Loss | Darren Elkins | Submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 2:22 | UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi | 14 Jan 2018 | St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Bout Featherweight BoutReferee Dan MiragliottaScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Justin Gaethje | KO/TKO (knees in clinch) | 2 | 4:48 | The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale | 7 Jul 2017 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee John McCarthyScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Khabib Nurmagomedov | Submission (kimura) | 3 | 2:31 | UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor | 12 Nov 2016 | New York City, New York, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee John McCarthyScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Dustin Poirier | KO/TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:35 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson | 17 Sep 2016 | Hidalgo, Texas, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Dan MiragliottaScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Nate Diaz | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 | 19 Dec 2015 | Orlando, Florida, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Jorge AlonsoScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Derek Cleary 28-29, Chris Lee 28-29, Roy Silbert 28-29 | |||||||
| Loss | Beneil Dariush | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Saint Preux | 8 Aug 2015 | Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Doug Crosby 28-29, Sal D'amato 29-28, Richard Bertrand 28-29 | |||||||
| Win | Edson Barboza | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Mir | 22 Feb 2015 | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Leon RobertsScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Guilherme Bravo 29-28, Marco Borges 30-27, Mark Collett 30-27 | |||||||
| Win | Melvin Guillard | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Manuwa | 8 Mar 2014 | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Leon RobertsScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Ben Cartlidge 30-27, Chris Watts 30-27, Tom Harris 29-28 | |||||||
| Win | Gleison Tibau | KO/TKO (punch) | 2 | 1:32 | UFC 168: Weidman vs Silva 2 | 28 Dec 2013 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Yves LavigneScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Joe Lauzon | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen | 17 Aug 2013 | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Yves LavigneScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Sal D'amato 30-27, Bryan Miner 30-27, Tony Weeks 30-25 | |||||||
| Loss | Reza Madadi | Submission (d'arce choke) | 3 | 1:33 | UFC on FUEL TV: Mousasi vs Latifi | 6 Apr 2013 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Marko GyllenlandScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Myles Jury | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 155: Dos Santos vs Velasquez II | 29 Dec 2012 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Patricia Morse-Jarman 27-30, Marcos Rosales 27-30, Glenn Trowbridge 27-30 | |||||||
| Win | Danny Castillo | KO/TKO (punch) | 2 | 1:06 | UFC on FX: Browne vs Bigfoot | 5 Oct 2012 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Josh RosenthalScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Tony Ferguson | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Diaz vs Miller | 5 May 2012 | East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Dan MiragliottaScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Ricardo Almeida 30-27, Jeff Blatnick 30-27, Cardo Urso 30-27 | |||||||
| Win | Shane Roller | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Evans vs Davis | 28 Jan 2012 | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Sal D'amato 29-28, Pat Morley 29-28, Gabriel Sabaitis 29-28 | |||||||
| Loss | Paul Sass | Submission (heel hook) | 1 | 3:00 | UFC Live: Cruz vs Johnson | 1 Oct 2011 | Washington, DC, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Dan MiragliottaScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Edward Faaloloto | KO/TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:42 | UFC Live: Kongo vs Barry | 26 Jun 2011 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Mark MathenyScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Jonathan Brookins | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs Team Koscheck Finale | 4 Dec 2010 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Ultimate Fighter 12 Lightweight Tournament Title BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Patricia Morse-Jarman 27-29, Cecil Peoples 28-29, Adalaide Byrd 28-29 | |||||||
| Win | Chris McDaniel | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:34 | FM Productions 7 | 30 Jan 2010 | Springfield, Missouri, United States |
| Win | Ramiro Hernandez | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Titan FC 15 | 18 Dec 2009 | Kansas City, Kansas, United States |
| Win | Aaron Derrow | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:43 | Xtreme Cage Fighter 10 | 3 Oct 2009 | Springfield, Missouri, United States |
| Loss | Eric Marriott | Submission (heel hook) | 2 | 1:32 | FM Productions 6 | 9 May 2009 | Springfield, Missouri, United States |
| Win | Clay French | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 3:16 | Fuel Fight Club | 10 Apr 2009 | Lake Ozark, Missouri, United States |
| Loss | Joe Brammer | Submission (guillotine choke) | 4 | 3:45 | Midwest Cage Championship 19 | 14 Mar 2009 | Des Moines, Iowa, United States |
| Loss | James Krause | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 2:55 | FM Productions 4 | 22 Nov 2008 | Springfield, Missouri, United States |
| Win | Warren Stewart | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:37 | FM Productions 3 | 13 Sep 2008 | Springfield, Missouri, United States |
| Win | Lucas Gwaltney | Decision (majority) | 3 | 5:00 | Midwest Fight League: Battle at the Blue Note 9 | 25 Jul 2008 | Columbia, Missouri, United States |
| Loss | Ted Worthington | Submission (triangle choke) | 3 | 1:29 | Midwest Cage Championship 13 | 25 Apr 2008 | Urbandale, Iowa, United States |
| Win | Steve Schneider | Submission (rear naked-choke) | 1 | 2:12 | FM Productions 2 | 18 Apr 2008 | Springfield, Missouri, United States |
| Win | Chauncey Prather | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:12 | FM Productions 1 | 1 Feb 2008 | Springfield, Missouri, United States |