{"id":104393,"date":"2026-06-04T07:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/michael-johnson\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T06:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T06:31:00","slug":"michael-johnson","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/michael-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Michael Johnson, le cogneur de St. Louis qui a fait dormir Poirier en 95 secondes<\/h2>\n<h3>Le gaucher qui claque vite<\/h3>\n<p>Michael Julian Johnson, surnomm\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0The Menace\u00a0\u00bb, est un poids l\u00e9ger am\u00e9ricain n\u00e9 le 4 juin 1986 \u00e0 St. Louis, dans le Missouri. Gaucher, boxeur dans l&rsquo;\u00e2me, c&rsquo;est un puncheur de vitesse : il avance, il claque sa main arri\u00e8re et il vise la m\u00e2choire. Pass\u00e9 pro en 2008, il s&rsquo;est fait conna\u00eetre du grand public en 2010 en atteignant la finale de la saison 12 de The Ultimate Fighter, o\u00f9 il s&rsquo;incline face \u00e0 Jonathan Brookins en d\u00e9cembre. Pas de ceinture \u00e0 la cl\u00e9, mais un ticket d&rsquo;entr\u00e9e \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;a plus jamais l\u00e2ch\u00e9.<\/p>\n<h3>Le soir o\u00f9 il a \u00e9teint Dustin Poirier<\/h3>\n<p>Si on doit retenir un combat de sa carri\u00e8re, c&rsquo;est celui-l\u00e0. Le 17 septembre 2016, en main event de l&rsquo;UFC Fight Night 94 \u00e0 Hidalgo (Texas), Johnson d\u00e9monte Dustin Poirier en 95 secondes : crochet du droit en contre, gauche derri\u00e8re, et Poirier s&rsquo;\u00e9croule. Une d\u00e9monstration de timing et de puissance qui rappelle pourquoi sa main gauche a toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 redout\u00e9e chez les l\u00e9gers. Ce KO arrive apr\u00e8s une p\u00e9riode compliqu\u00e9e, et il prouve que sur un round, \u00ab\u00a0The Menace\u00a0\u00bb peut faire tomber n&rsquo;importe qui.<\/p>\n<p>Avant \u00e7a, il avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 sign\u00e9 de belles lignes au palmar\u00e8s : une victoire aux points sur Edson Barboza en f\u00e9vrier 2015, et un succ\u00e8s en d\u00e9cision face au v\u00e9t\u00e9ran Joe Lauzon en 2013. Quand son boxing est en marche, peu de gens veulent se retrouver en face.<\/p>\n<h3>Les guerres et les coups durs<\/h3>\n<p>Le parcours de Johnson, c&rsquo;est aussi une galerie d&rsquo;adversaires haut de gamme. Il perd aux points face \u00e0 Tony Ferguson en mai 2012, encaisse une d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e tr\u00e8s contest\u00e9e contre Beneil Dariush en avril 2015, puis une autre d\u00e9cision face \u00e0 Nate Diaz en d\u00e9cembre de la m\u00eame ann\u00e9e. En novembre 2016, juste apr\u00e8s le KO de Poirier, il tombe par soumission au 3e round devant un Khabib Nurmagomedov encore invaincu. Et en juillet 2017, il livre un v\u00e9ritable pugilat avec Justin Gaethje, perdu par TKO au 2e round, un combat salu\u00e9 comme l&rsquo;un des plus fous de l&rsquo;ann\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<h3>Le v\u00e9t\u00e9ran qui ne l\u00e2che rien<\/h3>\n<p>\u00c0 presque 40 ans, Johnson refuse de raccrocher. Fin 2024, il \u00e9tale Ottman Azaitar par KO (d\u00e9cembre 2024), encha\u00eene avec une victoire aux points sur Daniel Zellhuber en juillet 2025, puis se pr\u00e9sente en pleine confiance \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 326. Le 7 mars 2026, c&rsquo;est Drew Dober qui le stoppe par TKO au 2e round, \u00e0 Las Vegas. Une carri\u00e8re en dents de scie, faite de KO spectaculaires et de d\u00e9faites face au gratin de la division, mais une chose ne change pas : quand \u00ab\u00a0The Menace\u00a0\u00bb l\u00e2che sa gauche, il faut \u00eatre pr\u00eat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Johnson_(fighter)\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/michael-johnson\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/fighter\/history\/_\/id\/2488476\/michael-johnson\">ESPN<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael \u00ab\u00a0The Menace\u00a0\u00bb Johnson, poids l\u00e9ger UFC et gaucher cogneur de St. Louis, connu pour avoir mis KO Dustin Poirier en 95 secondes en 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102575,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69973],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104393","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-lightweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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