UFC Moncton: Michael Johnson Outscores Artem Lobov in Action Packed Fight

Michael Johnson agreed to step up on short notice to fight Artem Lobov tonight at UFC Moncton, but conditioning certainly didn’t appear to be an issue for the featherweight.

Both fighters came out with a steady stream of punches, but in round one, Johnson appeared to find the target more often. In round two, the fast pace continued, but Lobov started to find his range more often.

Round three saw both men continue to fire plenty of punches, but Johnson out struck Lobov in many of the exchanges and he also scored a late takedown. After the final horn, Johnson was handed the unanimous decision win.

Here are the results thus far for UFC Moncton.

Michael Johnson def. Artem Lobov via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Misha Cirkunov def. Patrick Cummins via submission (arm-triangle-choke) R1, 2:40

Andre Soukhamthath def. Jonathan Martinez via unanimous decision (30-26, 29-28, 29-28)

Gian Villante def. Ed Herman def. via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Court McGee def. Alex Garcia via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-28)

Sean Strickland def. Nordine Taleb via TKO (punches) R2, 3:10

Nasrat Haqparast def. Thibault Gouti via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-28, 30-26)

Calvin Kattar def. Chris Fishgold via TKO (punches) R1, 4:11

Talita Bernardo def. Sarah Moras via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Don Madge def. Te Edwards via KO (head kick) R2, 0:14

Arjan Bhullar def.  Marcelo Golm via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-27)

Stevie Ray def. Jessin Ayari via unanimous decision(29-28, 29-28, 30-27)