Johnson vs Mullarkey

Who won Johnson vs Mullarkey?

Jamie Mullarkey beat Michael Johnson by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 9th July 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Jamie Mullarkey.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Johnson vs Mullarkey stats

Michael Johnson stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 17 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Jamie Mullarkey made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Michael Johnson's 30th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010. Jamie Mullarkey marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Michael Johnson's UFC record stood at 15-15-0, while Jamie Mullarkey's came in at 5-6-0.

The stats suggested Johnson had a massive power advantage over Mullarkey, boasting a 45% knock out percentage over Mullarkey's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Johnson had a slight advantage over Mullarkey, with a 10% submission rate over Mullarkey's 0%.

Michael Johnson was the older man by 9 years, at 39 years old.

Mullarkey had a height advantage of 2 inches over Johnson. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Johnson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 37 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 5 years and 8 months earlier than Mullarkey, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 50 more professional rounds, 98 to Mullarkey's 48.

Johnson vs Mullarkey form

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

In his last fight before this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

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

He had been defeated by Clay Guida at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Mullarkey had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Francisco Prado at UFC 284 on 11th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Michael Johnson 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, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Jalin Turner at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Devonte Smith at UFC Vegas 38 on 2nd October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Khama Worthy at UFC 260 on 27th March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jamie Mullarkey had been fighting more than Michael Johnson.

Going to this contest, Michael Johnson had last fought 2 years, 1 month and 7 days ago, while Jamie Mullarkey's last outing had been 2 years, 4 months and 16 days ago.

Johnson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Mullarkey's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 3 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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