Pros react to Michael Johnson defeating Artem Lobov at UFC Moncton

A featherweight bout featuring Michael Johnson taking on Artem Lobov co-headlined last night’s UFC Fight Night 138 event in Moncton, Canada.

“The Menace” served as a short-notice replacement for the fight, this after Lobov’s originally scheduled opponent Zubaira Tukhugov was pulled from the fight card due to his involvement in UFC 229‘s now infamous post-fight brawl.

Last night’s UFC Moncton co-main attraction actually took place at a catchweight, this after Michael Johnson narrowly missed the featherweight limit of 146-pounds.

Johnson was able to utilize his quick jab throughout his fight with Artem Lobov last night, landing numerous crisp punches on the head of “The Russian Hammer“.

Despite appearing to be at a speed disadvantage in the standup department, Artem Lobov continuously pressed the action during last night’s co-main event, landing a number of solid strikes in the process.

After fifteen minutes of competitive action, Michael Johnson was awarded a unanimous decision victory over Artem Lobov by the judges in attendance.

The victory marked Johnson’s second in a row, as he had previously defeated Andre Fili in August.

Meanwhile, following his latest loss to “The Menace”, Artem Lobov has now dropped five of his past seven fights overall.

“The Russian Hammer‘s” most recent victory came way back at UFC Fight Night 99 in Ireland, when he defeated Teruto Ishihara via unanimous decision.

Check out how the pros reacted to last night’s UFC Moncton co-main event fight between Michael Johnson and Artem Lobov below:

Let’s go Menace @FollowTheMenace that is…. get it kid !! #UFCMoncton

— Dennis Bermudez (@MenaceBermudez) October 28, 2018

https://twitter.com/violentbobross/status/1056396874582818816

Other than being Conor Mcgregors teammate why is Artem Lebov in the UFC?

— Gerald Harris (@GHurricane) October 28, 2018

That reach disadvantage for Artem plays a big factor against him. It’s still amazing to me, the amount of success he’s had (disregarding CM’s help). Artem does a lot of things well, but it doesn’t matter much if you can’t reach your target. Johnson looking clean. #UFCMoncton

— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) October 28, 2018

https://twitter.com/LASTSAMURAIUFC/status/1056401365994356737

I will say that fighting Artem is awkward and takes some mid fight adjusting #UFCMoncton

— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) October 28, 2018

It looked like they was having a convo after the fight like

The Menace: "yo… so we still for that 20% right?! Canada bout to tax the hell out me."
Lobov: "Yeah man… I got you I got you" lol

Good fight fellas#UFCMoncton

— Corey 'Overtime' Anderson (@CoreyA_MMA) October 28, 2018

https://twitter.com/MannyGamburyan/status/1056404851217690624

https://twitter.com/MenaceBermudez/status/1056402928683180032

Artem Lobov will never be cut, he will just get better match ups.

— Gerald Harris (@GHurricane) October 28, 2018

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