Michael Johnson defeated Artem Lobov in the co-headliner of last night’s UFC Fight Night 138 event in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.<\/p>\n
“The Menace<\/a>” was able to utilize his lightning-quick jab to outpoint “The Russian Hammer<\/a>” for the better part of fifteen minutes.<\/p>\n Despite pressing forward for the duration of last night’s co-main event contest, Artem Lobov would inevitably come up short on the judges scorecards who awarded Johnson with a unanimous decision victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n Johnson actually missed weight by one pound for last night’s fight with Lobov, this after he took the bout on just two weeks notice.<\/p>\n Because Johnson had missed the featherweight limit of 146lbs by one pound, he was thus fined twenty percent of his fight purse by the commission. A sum of money which would later find the pockets of his UFC Moncton opponent Artem Lobov.<\/p>\n Following the news that “The Menace” had narrowly missed weight for their fight at UFC Moncton, Artem Lobov proceeded to accept a catchweight bout with Johnson, this while promising to return the fine which Michael was served by the commission for missing weight<\/a>.<\/p>\n I\u2019m told @RusHammerMMA<\/a> went up to Johnson afterwards and said he will make sure MJ gets the full 20% back bc he is appreciative of the fact that MJ took the fight on short notice. The rules are Lobov has to take the money but he gave Johnson his word he\u2019ll get it back to him.<\/p>\n — Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) October 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n