Johnson vs Lobov

Who won Johnson vs Lobov?

Michael Johnson beat Artem Lobov by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 138, on Saturday 27th October 2018 at Moncton Events Centre in Moncton.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Johnson vs Lobov stats

Michael Johnson stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Artem Lobov made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 14 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Michael Johnson's 30th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010.

Michael Johnson's UFC record stood at 15-15-0, while Artem Lobov's came in at 2-5-0.

The stats suggested Johnson had an advantage in power over Lobov, with a 44% knock out percentage over Lobov's 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lobov had a slight advantage over Johnson, with a 15% submission rate over Johnson's 11%.

Michael Johnson was the older man by 1 year, at 39 years old.

Johnson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lobov. That also extended to a 9-inch reach advantage.

Johnson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 2 years and 9 months earlier than Lobov, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 98 to Lobov's 84.

Johnson vs Lobov form

Johnson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Darrius Flowers at UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer on 10th February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Diego Ferreira at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Marc Diakiese at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Amway Center, Orlando.

Before that, he had been beaten by Jamie Mullarkey at UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev on 9th July 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Alan Patrick at UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Rakić on 14th May 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Johnson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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