Johnson vs Mota

Who won Johnson vs Mota?

Charles Johnson beat Carlos Mota by knockout in the 5th round during the main event of LFA 122, on Friday 21st January 2022 at The Factory at the District in St. Louis.

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.

This was Charles Johnson's 7th fight in the LFA, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

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 5 years, at 34 years old.

Johnson had a height advantage of 4 inches over Mota. Despite this, both fighters had a 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 39 more professional rounds, 64 to Mota's 25.

Johnson vs Mota form

Johnson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Azat Maksum at UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov on 3rd February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Rafael Ramos at UFC Fight Night – Allen vs Craig on 18th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Cody Durden at UFC Fight Night – Song vs. Simon on 29th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Ode Osbourne at UFC Fight Night – Krylov vs Spann on 25th February 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Jimmy Flick at UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov on 14th January 2023 by knockout in the 1st round.

Activity check

Johnson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Mota's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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