{"id":104134,"date":"2026-06-04T06:58:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/charles-johnson\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T11:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T11:42:23","slug":"charles-johnson","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/charles-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles \u00ab\u00a0InnerG\u00a0\u00bb Johnson \u2014 Le frappeur de Saint-Louis qui a mis le champion KO<\/h2>\n

De la lutte lyc\u00e9enne \u00e0 l’octogone<\/h3>\n

Charles Anthony Johnson est n\u00e9 le 10 janvier 1991 \u00e0 Topeka, Kansas, et a grandi \u00e0 Saint-Louis, Missouri. Au lyc\u00e9e, il repr\u00e9sente son \u00c9tat dans quatre disciplines : lutte, cross-country, fond et sprint. Un profil athl\u00e9tique complet, mais le MMA n’\u00e9tait pas au programme. C’est en 2012 qu’il tombe dedans presque par accident : il aide son fr\u00e8re \u00e0 pr\u00e9parer un combat de lutte amateur, et finit par monter dans la cage apr\u00e8s une semaine et demie d’entra\u00eenement. Il accroche le gant et ne le l\u00e2che plus. Avant de vivre de ses poings, Johnson encha\u00eene les m\u00e9tiers \u2014 charpentier, m\u00e9canicien auto, coach de lutte au lyc\u00e9e, graphiste \u2014 tout en construisant sa carri\u00e8re de combattant en dehors des projecteurs.<\/p>\n

Trois fois champion LFA<\/h3>\n

Sur le circuit r\u00e9gional am\u00e9ricain, Johnson s’impose comme une valeur s\u00fbre des poids mouches. Il s’empare du titre int\u00e9rimaire LFA le 2 juillet 2021 en battant Yuma Horiuchi \u00e0 la d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e, avant de r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer le titre unifi\u00e9 quand Victor Altamirano monte \u00e0 l’UFC. Au total, trois r\u00e8gnes comme champion LFA flyweight. C’est ce palmar\u00e8s qui lui ouvre les portes de la plus grande promotion mondiale. Il arrive \u00e0 l’UFC avec un record de 11-2 et un bagage en finitions : 8 KO\/TKO et 3 soumissions dans sa carri\u00e8re globale.<\/p>\n

D\u00e9buts difficiles, mont\u00e9e en puissance<\/h3>\n

Ses premiers pas \u00e0 l’UFC sont rudes. Le 23 juillet 2022, il fait ses d\u00e9buts face \u00e0 Muhammad Mokaev \u2014 l’une des r\u00e9v\u00e9lations de la division \u2014 et s’incline aux points. Des d\u00e9faites s’encha\u00eenent contre Ode’ Osbourne, Cody Durden et Rafael Estevam. Mais Johnson ne se d\u00e9courage pas. Il s’entra\u00eene chez Fusion X-Cel et repart de l’avant. En f\u00e9vrier 2024, il explose Azat Maksum dans une guerre salu\u00e9e par un bonus Fight of the Night. La machine est lanc\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

2024-2026 : la s\u00e9rie qui change tout<\/h3>\n

Ce qui suit illustre bien ce que le mot \u00ab\u00a0momentum\u00a0\u00bb veut dire. En juillet 2024, Johnson met KO Joshua Van au troisi\u00e8me round \u2014 celui qui est aujourd’hui champion des poids mouches UFC. Johnson reste \u00e0 ce jour le seul homme \u00e0 l’avoir battu. Il encha\u00eene sur Sumudaerji (d\u00e9cision unanime, octobre 2024), puis en ao\u00fbt 2025 \u00e0 Shanghai, il exp\u00e9die le prospect britannique invaincu Lone’er Kavanagh en deux rounds, d\u00e9crochant un nouveau bonus Performance of the Night. Le 25 janvier 2026 \u00e0 l’UFC 324, il sort Alex Perez \u2014 ancien challenger au titre \u2014 au premier round. Le 15 mars 2026, il ajoute une victoire \u00e0 la d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e sur Bruno Silva. Six victoires en sept combats sur cette p\u00e9riode, class\u00e9 14e mondial en juin 2026.<\/p>\n

Style et identit\u00e9<\/h3>\n

Johnson est avant tout un frappeur. 81 % de ses coups significatifs sont port\u00e9s debout, avec une pr\u00e9cision \u00e0 50 % et un volume offensif r\u00e9el (4,77 frappes significatives par minute). Ceinture bleue en jiu-jitsu, ceinture jaune en judo \u2014 le sol n’est pas son terrain de pr\u00e9dilection mais il sait y survivre. Sa vraie arme, c’est le timing et la puissance dans ses mains, comme Lone’er Kavanagh et Alex Perez en ont fait les frais. Il combat sous le surnom \u00ab\u00a0InnerG\u00a0\u00bb et pr\u00e9pare son prochain combat contre le Kazakh Asu Almabayev le 27 juin 2026 \u00e0 Bakou.<\/p>\n

Sources :<\/strong> Wikipedia<\/a>, UFC.com<\/a>, UFC.com \u2013 The Perfect Storm<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charles \u00ab\u00a0InnerG\u00a0\u00bb Johnson, poids mouche UFC class\u00e9 #14, ancien 3x champion LFA et seul homme \u00e0 avoir battu le champion Joshua Van, par KO au round 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102978,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69979],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104134","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-flyweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCharles Johnson - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Charles Johnson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/charles-johnson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Charles Johnson - 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