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Artem Lobov vs. Michael Johnson

UFC 2-5-0 vs. 16-16-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-5-0
UFC record
16-16-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
40
AgeΔ 0 yrs
40
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
65"
ReachΔ 8"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
95.8
Layoff (months)Δ 88.3 mo
7.5
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Michael Johnson carries real power — 0.53 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Artem Lobov rarely shoots — 0.39 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Michael Johnson rarely shoots — 0.57 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Artem Lobov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 86

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.07 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Michael Johnson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1616
Tier 3 — regional circuit 84

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.54 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 44 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4053.52/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
15684.27/min · norm 3.44
5544.82/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
13863.78/min · norm 3.38
41.5%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
39.6%norm 43.65%
50.5%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
58.8%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
130.53/15 · norm 0.25

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Artem Lobov

Distance 95.3% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 6.5%)

Michael Johnson

Distance 93.5% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.5% (norm 8.0%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Artem Lobov

Head 71.6% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 16.0% (norm 7.9%)

Michael Johnson

Head 70.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 21.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.0% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Lobov L/AAccFeatherweight med Johnson L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 382 / 931 41.0% 40.5% 1405 / 3703 37.9% 38.3%
In the clinch 17 / 39 43.6% 70.5% 101 / 157 64.3% 67.5%
On the ground 6 / 7 too few to rate 69.3% 62 / 101 61.4% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 203 / 700 29.0% 37.1% 829 / 2776 29.9% 35.1%
To the body 71 / 121 58.7% 68.0% 496 / 869 57.1% 69.1%
To the legs 131 / 156 84.0% 80.3% 243 / 316 76.9% 81.8%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Lightweight: 204 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Lobov L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Johnson L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 475 / 1008 47.1% 39.3% 1025 / 2854 35.9% 38.8%
In the clinch 45 / 68 66.2% 70.3% 96 / 140 68.6% 68.6%
On the ground 34 / 44 77.3% 69.4% 265 / 373 71.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 290 / 776 37.4% 35.9% 923 / 2702 34.2% 35.2%
To the body 133 / 202 65.8% 68.0% 231 / 379 60.9% 68.2%
To the legs 131 / 142 92.3% 81.5% 232 / 286 81.1% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
325.0% acc · 0.39/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
1438.9% acc · 0.57/15 · norm 1.34
1352.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
8681.1% def · norm 63.7%
11:5810.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
28:497.9% of cage time · norm 18.95%
17:352:17 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
61:252:30 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.04/15 · norm 0.48

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Johnson has more cage time on record.