Michael Johnson (fighter)
| Michael Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Michael Julian Johnson June 4, 1986 St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Other names | The Menace |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 156 lb (71 kg; 11.1 st) 168 lb (76 kg; 12.0 st) (walk around weight) |
| Division | Lightweight |
| Reach | 72.0 in (183 cm) |
| Style | Boxing, Wrestling, BJJ |
| Fighting out of | Lantana, Florida, United States |
| Team |
Blackzilians(Formerly) Combat Club |
| Wrestling | NJCAA Wrestler |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 28 |
| Wins | 17 |
| By knockout | 8 |
| By submission | 2 |
| By decision | 7 |
| Losses | 11 |
| By submission | 7 |
| By decision | 4 |
| Draws | 0 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Blackzilians(Formerly)
Michael Julian Johnson (born June 4, 1986) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Johnson mostly competed in his regional circuit, before signing onto the Ultimate Fighting Championship to appear on The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck. As of October 2016, he is #6 in the official UFC lightweight rankings.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Johnson was raised as the youngest of three siblings. Johnson began fighting at the age of 10, after his father's fatal heart attack. The incident made Johnson want to exert his anger physically. Johnson later said, "I lost something, a huge part of me....Fighting was my way of not dealing with my dad's passing. Now that I think of it, of course, it was the wrong thing to do, especially putting all that burden on my mom having to deal with it." Athletic, Johnson was a three-sport varsity athlete at Marquette High School in Chesterfield, Missouri. Johnson later received a full scholarship to play football at Central Methodist University, but transferred after one year to Meramec Community College where he was one of the top NJCAA wrestlers in the country.
Johnson is a former Midwest Fight League and Xtreme Cage Fighting Champion who won those titles in July 2008 and October 2009 respectively.
Johnson then signed onto the Ultimate Fighting Championship circuit to appear on The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck.
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