Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-07-07, back-and-forth action with some tremendous exchanges: Michael Johnson vs Justin Gaethje was an absolute war and it is a candidate for Mma Fight of the Year 2017, it gets five stars (UFC Fight of the Night and UFC Performance of the Night).Michael Johnson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-11-0 (59% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 lightweight in the world but he won just one out of his last four bouts, against Dustin Poirier last year (=Poirier vs Johnson). After this bout he was defeated by Khabib Nurmagomedov (=Johnson vs Nurmagomedov).
His opponent, the undefeated Wsof Lw champion Justin Gaethje, has a perfect record of 17-0-0 (88% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class (currently the #1 in this division is Conor McGregor). He fought twice last year winning over Brian Foster (=Gaethje vs Foster) and Luiz Firmino (=Gaethje vs Firmino). Justin Gaethje vs Michael Johnson is the main event of “The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale” – UFC Tuf 25. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC The Ultimate Fighter 25: Redemption Finale
Date: 2017-07-07
Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Division: lightweight (155 lbs, 70 kg)
UFC Tuf 25 Finale fight card (main fights):
Michael Johnson vs Justin Gaethje
Jesse Taylor vs Dhiego Lima
Marc Diakiese vs Drakkar Klose
Elias Theodorou vs Brad Tavares
Marcel Fortuna vs Jordan Johnson
Johnson’s previous fight: Michael Johnson vs Khabib Nurmagomedov
Gaethje’s previous fight: Justin Gaethje vs Luiz Firmino
Gaethje’s next fight: Eddie Alvarez vs Justin Gaethje
Johnson’s next fight: Darren Elkins vs Michael Johnson
Johnson vs Gaethje Fight Video:
Official video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B6L-Y_Ib_E
Amazing back and forth action. A FOTY candidate.
Fight of the year.
Warriors! Laying it all on the line til you cant even defend yourself. Amazing stuff from these guys. I wish all fighters had the heart of Gaethje. Imagine the fights we could see. What he lacks in pure speed and power he clearly makes up for in heart! Feel bad for Johnson since he was on a good run until his most recent fights. Id like to see him against a guy he can have a good win against in his next fight. Gaethje might want to take about 6 months to recover and comeback and get a top 10 again and see where he is after that. The lightweight division is wide open imo. Conner is nowhere to be found. All the contenders beat themselves. A streak of wins and you got a shot. Hard to see it all going that way but it will be fun to watch and see for sure!
yeah but after Conor gets a boxing lesson from the master, no one will be able to avoid his shots… if he can even come close to touching Floyd he will hit clean anyone in the UFC with ease. Great fight, entertaining but I wouldn’t want to see all fighters fight this way, because their careers just wouldn’t last. Justin reminds me Auturo Gatti
Brilliant fight. Comeback of the year.