Nurmagomedov vs Johnson

Who won Nurmagomedov vs Johnson?

Khabib Nurmagomedov beat Michael Johnson by submission in the 3rd round during the prelims of UFC 205, on Saturday 12th November 2016 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

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).

Nurmagomedov vs Johnson stats

Khabib Nurmagomedov stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 23 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Michael Johnson made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Michael Johnson marked his 30th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2010.

Khabib Nurmagomedov's UFC record stood at 13-0-0, while Michael Johnson's came in at 15-15-0.

The stats suggested Johnson had an advantage in power over Nurmagomedov, with a 47% knock out percentage over Nurmagomedov's 35%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nurmagomedov had an advantage over Johnson, with a 30% submission rate over Johnson's 12%.

Khabib Nurmagomedov was the younger man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Johnson had a 4-inch reach advantage.

Nurmagomedov was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2008, 7 months later than Johnson, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 38 less professional rounds, 60 to Johnson's 98.

Nurmagomedov vs Johnson form

Michael Johnson had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Clay Guida at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Thiago Moises at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 13th May 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Stevie Ray at UFC on ESPN+ 20 on 26th October 2019 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Before that, he had lost to Josh Emmett at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, United States.

He had won against Artem Lobov at UFC Fight Night 138 on 27th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Moncton Events Centre, Moncton, Canada.

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Johnson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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