A featherweight bout featuring Michael Johnson taking on Artem Lobov co-headlined last night’s UFC Fight Night 138 event in Moncton, Canada.<\/p>\n
“The Menace” served as a short-notice replacement<\/a> for the fight, this after Lobov’s originally scheduled opponent Zubaira Tukhugov was pulled from the fight card<\/a> due to his involvement in UFC 229<\/a>‘s now infamous post-fight brawl<\/a>.<\/p>\n Last night’s UFC Moncton co-main attraction actually took place at a\u00a0catchweight, this after Michael Johnson narrowly missed the featherweight limit of 146-pounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n Johnson was able to utilize his quick jab throughout his fight with Artem Lobov last night, landing numerous crisp punches on the head of “The Russian Hammer<\/a>“.<\/p>\n Despite appearing to be at a speed disadvantage in the standup department, Artem Lobov continuously\u00a0pressed the action during last night’s co-main event, landing a number of solid strikes in the process.<\/p>\n After fifteen minutes of competitive action, Michael Johnson was awarded a unanimous decision victory<\/a> over Artem Lobov by the judges in attendance.<\/p>\n The victory marked Johnson’s second in a row, as he had previously defeated Andre Fili in August.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, following his latest loss to “The Menace”, Artem Lobov has now dropped five of his past seven fights overall.<\/p>\n “The Russian Hammer<\/a>‘s” most recent victory came way back at UFC Fight Night 99 in Ireland, when he defeated Teruto Ishihara via unanimous decision.<\/p>\n Check out how the pros reacted to last night’s UFC Moncton co-main event fight between Michael Johnson and Artem Lobov below:<\/p>\n Let\u2019s go Menace @FollowTheMenace<\/a> that is…. get it kid !! #UFCMoncton<\/a><\/p>\n — Dennis Bermudez (@MenaceBermudez) October 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n