Charles Johnson

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Charles Johnson

Nickname“InnerG”

Record

19-8

Streak

W1

Age

35

Date of birth

Jan 10, 1991

Fighting out of: Topeka
Born: United States
Camp: Murcielago MMA
Weight class: Flyweight
Height: 5'9" · 175 cm
Reach: 70" · 178 cm
Stance: Switch
Last fight: Aug 15, 2026

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Eduardo Chapolin

Eduardo Chapolin

Catch Weight · Submission · Twister From Back Control Scottish twister · R3 · 1:36

UFC 330: Makhachev vs Machado Garry · Aug 15, 2026

Twister From Back Control Scottish twister

UFC 330: Makhachev vs Machado Garry

Asu Almabayev

#9Asu Almabayev

Flyweight · Submission · Suloev Stretch From Back Control · R3 · 3:33

UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Torres · Jun 27, 2026

Suloev Stretch From Back Control

UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Torres

Bruno Silva

Flyweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos · Mar 14, 2026

UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos

Alex Perez

Flyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 3:16

UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett · Jan 24, 2026

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett

Lone'er Kavanagh

Lone'er Kavanagh

Flyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 4:35

UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang · Aug 23, 2025

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang

Ramazonbek Temirov

Ramazonbek Temirov

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev · Mar 1, 2025

UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev

Sumudaerji

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira · Oct 19, 2024

UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira

Joshua Van

Flyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R3 · 0:20

UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez · Jul 13, 2024

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez

Jake Hadley

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento · May 11, 2024

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento

Azat Maksum

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov · Feb 3, 2024

UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov

Rafael Estevam

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig · Nov 18, 2023

UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig

Cody Durden

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon · Apr 29, 2023

UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon

Ode Osbourne

Catch Weight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Muniz vs. Allen · Feb 25, 2023

UFC Fight Night: Muniz vs. Allen

Jimmy Flick

Flyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Guard · R1 · 4:33

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov · Jan 14, 2023

Punches to Head From Guard

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov

Zhalgas Zhumagulov

Zhalgas Zhumagulov

Flyweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba · Nov 19, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba

Muhammad Mokaev

Muhammad Mokaev

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall · Jul 23, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall

Outside the UFC

11-2across 13 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 3 sub · 3 decLFA · PACF · EFL · GFS · FHMMA +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Carlos Mota8-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R5	0:45	LFA	Jan 21, 2022
W	Joao Camilo9-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:07	LFA	Aug 27, 2021
W	Yuma Horiuchi11-7	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	LFA	Jul 2, 2021
W	Karlee Pangilinan6-3	Submission	Anaconda Choke	R2	1:41	LFA	Feb 19, 2021
L	Brandon Royval17-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	LFA	Sep 7, 2018
W	Andrew Kimzey3-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:41	LFA	Jun 8, 2018
L	Sean Santella24-9-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PACF	Mar 31, 2018
W	Marc Tong Van9-6	Submission	Brabo Choke	R1	3:20	EFL	Jan 20, 2018
W	Jeremiah Cullum5-2	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	LFA	Sep 1, 2017
W	Michael Graves3-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	GFS	Jun 23, 2017
W	Ray Allard0-2	Submission	Kimura	R2	2:20	FHMMA	Jan 7, 2017
W	Alex Stephens2-11	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	—	Tru Rev MMA	Oct 15, 2016
W	Austin Reed6-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:30	TBC	Jun 3, 2016

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

2-2across 4 amateur bouts · 3 promotionsMidwest Fight League · FHMMA · PFS 2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Carlos Hernandez10-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	Midwest Fight League	May 9, 2015
W	Jose Johnson17-11	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	Midwest Fight League	May 8, 2015
L	Demetrius Wilson6-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	FHMMA	Apr 18, 2015
W	Eric Newman2-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	1:57	PFS 2	Mar 21, 2015

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallC56th

49%934 / 1,885

Striking accuracy

55%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.75 differential

Landed4.77

Absorbed4.02

62%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head51%64th472
Body29%89th269
Leg21%88th193

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

82%Standing

Standing82%769
Clinch13%124
Ground4%41

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Charles Johnson

Charles Johnson

Landed per 15

Head

B

67th

34.9

67th

Body

A+

91st

19.9

91st

Leg

A+

93rd

14.3

93rd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

51st

31.4

51st

Body

D

28th

13.8

28th

Leg

F

14th

13.7

14th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	34.9	472	1,241	38%
Body	19.9	269	396	68%
Leg	14.3	193	248	78%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	31.4	425	1,274	33%
Body	13.8	187	287	65%
Leg	13.7	185	231	80%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Charles Johnson

Charles Johnson

16 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 203 min

155%

R3 pace · 13 bouts

Johnson builds (+19% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Johnson lifts to 155% of round-1 output by round 3 (13 bouts).

Charles Johnson

Johnson ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Charles Johnson

Johnsonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Charles Johnson

Johnsonattempts / min

Control time

Charles Johnson

Johnson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.5	3.5	4.1	0.24	6%	16
R2	5.6	4.7	4.1	0.20	6%	14
R3	6.6	6.0	3.5	0.14	5%	13

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Charles Johnson

Charles Johnson

16 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

44/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

71st

43%

71st

Win quality

B

64th

44%

64th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

8

2

4

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	1-0	100%
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Ranked 6–15	8	3-5	38%
Building	2	1-1	50%
Unproven	4	4-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Eduardo Chapolin	Unproven	8	Aug 15, 2026
L	Asu Almabayev#9	Ranked 6–15	72	Jun 27, 2026
W	Bruno Silva	Ranked 6–15	50	Mar 14, 2026
L	Alex Perez#11	Top-5	76	Jan 24, 2026
W	Lone'er Kavanagh	Ranked 6–15	52	Aug 23, 2025
L	Ramazonbek Temirov	Ranked 6–15	47	Mar 1, 2025
W	Sumudaerji#14	Ranked 6–15	65	Oct 19, 2024
W	Joshua Van	Champion	71	Jul 13, 2024
W	Jake Hadley	Building	18	May 11, 2024
W	Azat Maksum	Unproven	8	Feb 3, 2024
L	Rafael Estevam	Ranked 6–15	42	Nov 18, 2023
L	Cody Durden	Ranked 6–15	48	Apr 29, 2023
L	Ode Osbourne	Building	18	Feb 25, 2023
W	Jimmy Flick	Unproven	8	Jan 14, 2023
W	Zhalgas Zhumagulov	Unproven	8	Nov 19, 2022
L	Muhammad Mokaev	Ranked 6–15	52	Jul 23, 2022

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

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