Johns vs Lima

Who won Johns vs Lima?

Felipe Lima beat Miles Johns by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 14th December 2024 at Amalie Arena in Tampa.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Felipe Lima.

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).

Johns vs Lima stats

Miles Johns stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Felipe Lima made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Miles Johns' 10th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Felipe Lima marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Miles Johns' UFC record stood at 6-3-0, while Felipe Lima's came in at 2-0-0.

The stats suggested Lima had a slight advantage in power over Johns, with a 31% knock out percentage over Johns' 27%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lima had a slight advantage over Johns, with a 23% submission rate over Johns' 13%.

Miles Johns was the older man by 4 years, at 30 years old.

Johns had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lima.

Johns was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year earlier than Lima, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 55 to Lima's 36.

Johns vs Lima form

Miles Johns had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Douglas Andrade at UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira on 15th June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Cody Gibson at UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas on 23rd March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Daniel Argueta at UFC Fight Night – Fiziev vs Gamrot on 23rd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Vince Morales at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak on 19th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

He had lost to John Castaneda at UFC Fight Night on 5th February 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Johns' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What time did Johns vs Lima start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 1:15 AM UTC , which was 8:15 PM EST or 5:15 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:15 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Johns vs Lima?

Miles Johns was a 9/4 (+230) underdog going into the contest, while Felipe Lima made his way into the ring at 9/25 (-280) with oddsmakers.