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Demetrious Johnson

UFC 15-2 (1 draw/NC)Pro 27-3-1tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

FightIQ’s profile

Built from Demetrious Johnson’s own numbers — record, form, fighting style and standout rate. Not reported prose. Grappling-led all-rounder

UFC recordUFC 15-2 (1 draw/NC) first fight 2011-02-05 · last fight 2018-08-04
Pro record27-3-1
Current streak1 loss
Last 5 (UFC)L W W W W
DivisionFlyweight
Age40
Height5' 3"
StanceOrthodox

5' 3" orthodox grappling-led all-rounder campaigning at Flyweight. 15 UFC wins — 2 KO/TKO, 5 submission, 8 decision. Top 5% of Flyweights: avoids 67% of the strikes thrown at him and absorbs only 1.66 significant strikes a minute.

Every figure here is recomputed at build time from the official fight record and the striking and grappling numbers on this page — there is no stored snapshot to go out of date. If a number isn’t in the data, it isn’t in this profile.

Tale of the tape facts

The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s. The social accounts are the ones linked from the fighter’s own official athlete page — we don’t match handles by name. The UFC record is counted from the official results themselves, and is dated by the first and last bout it counts.

NicknameMighty Mouse
NationalityUnited States
Hometown (per Sherdog)Kirkland, Washington
CampAMC Pankration
Height5' 3"
Reach66"
StanceOrthodox
Age40
Date of birthAug 13, 1986
Weight125 lbs.
Pro record27-3-1
UFC recordUFC 15-2 (1 draw/NC) first fight 2011-02-05 · last fight 2018-08-04
Finish split15 UFC wins — 2 KO/TKO, 5 submission, 8 decision
Social

Rank history facts

Every week Demetrious Johnson has stood in the official UFC rankings, one row per table, 2 of them, each band running from the table that set it to the table that changed it.

Demetrious Johnson in the official UFC rankings, Feb 2013 to Oct 2026: one row per table, filled with the status each published table set20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026Flyweight282 weeks on the tablesChampion · from the table of 4 February 2013No table on record · May 2013 – May 2013Champion · from the table of 21 May 2013CHAMPIONNo table on record · Mar 2016 – Apr 2016Champion · from the table of 12 April 2016No table on record · Oct 2016 – Nov 2016Champion · from the table of 7 November 2016No table on record · Aug 2017 – Sep 2017Champion · from the table of 4 September 2017No table on record · Apr 2018 – May 2018Champion · from the table of 16 May 2018#1–5 · from the table of 6 August 2018No table on record · Aug 2018 – Aug 2018#1–5 · from the table of 29 August 2018No table on record · Oct 2018 – Oct 2018Belt wonLast rankedPound-for-pound282 weeks on the tables#6–10 · from the table of 4 February 2013No table on record · May 2013 – May 2013#6–10 · from the table of 21 May 2013#1–5 · from the table of 16 December 2013#6–10 · from the table of 3 March 2014#1–5 · from the table of 10 March 2014#6–10 · from the table of 18 April 2014#1–5 · from the table of 21 April 2014No table on record · Mar 2016 – Apr 2016#1–5 · from the table of 12 April 2016No table on record · Oct 2016 – Nov 2016#1–5 · from the table of 7 November 2016No table on record · Aug 2017 – Sep 2017#1–5 · from the table of 4 September 2017No table on record · Apr 2018 – May 2018#1–5 · from the table of 16 May 2018#6–10 · from the table of 6 August 2018No table on record · Aug 2018 – Aug 2018#6–10 · from the table of 29 August 2018No table on record · Oct 2018 – Oct 2018First rankedPeak #1Last ranked
Champion#1–5#6–10#11–15Outside the tableNo table on record
PeakChampionFlyweight · Feb 2013
Weeks as champion275on the published tables
Weeks at #1–58on the published tables, title reigns aside
CurrentUnrankedsince Oct 2018

Official UFC.com official rankings, 2013–present · rankings of 6 October 2026

A published rank holds until the next table changes it, so a band runs from the table that set it to the table that ended it — that is how a ranking works, and it is why an unbroken reign is drawn unbroken. Nothing is interpolated: the band is the last published STATUS, never a rank in between, and the hatched stretches are weeks the archive holds no table for at all. The champion band sits above #1 because a belt is not a rank. The three pound-for-pound tables — the combined one to January 2020, then the Men's and Women's ones — share a row, because they are one standing under three names.

Career rates facts

Career averages over Demetrious Johnson’s UFC bouts, straight from public UFC statistics — the same eight numbers on his official record. These are the source’s figures, not our read: what we make of them is the card below.

Striking
Strikes landed / min3.43
Striking accuracy54%
Strikes absorbed / min1.66
Striking defence67%
Grappling
Takedowns / 15 min3.35
Takedown accuracy56%
Takedown defence65%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.50

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the Flyweight field — not against the whole roster. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats. Ranked within Flyweight.
Striking74
Defence94
Grappling / TD64
Cardio55
Chin99
Fight IQ77

Strike zones

Strike zones

Demetrious Johnson

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD45.4%ACC 41%BODY31.5%ACC 78%LEGS23.1%ACC 73%
FightIQ read Body puncher 31.5% of his landed strikes go to the body — +10.8 on the field average.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
45.4% acc 41%−17.9 vs field
BODY
31.5% acc 78%+10.8 vs field
LEGS
23.1% acc 73%+7.1 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 57%CLINCH 31%GROUND 13%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

18 UFC fights · 1,173 landed

Takedowns

Takedowns

Demetrious Johnson

The level change — how often it lands, how often it is stopped. Career UFC rates, straight off the tape.

3.35takedowns / 15 min
FightIQ read Volume wrestler 3.35 takedowns landed per 15 minutes — +1.18 on the field average.
Career ratesvs field average
TAKEDOWNS80
3.35 / 15m+1.18 vs field
ATTEMPTS64
5.98 / 15m+0.35 vs field
ACCURACY77
56%+13pp vs field
SUB ATT36
0.50 / 15m−0.73 vs field

Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.00 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Ranked in Flyweight

Recent form

Pro record: 27-3-1. In the UFC: 15-2-1. Demetrious Johnson’s last 8 UFC bouts, most recent first — the result in the cage, not our pick.

Straight off the official UFC fight record. Card names are left off on purpose: the only event labels in our data are derived, and we’d rather print nothing than print one that’s wrong.

Post-fight bonuses

9 post-fight bonuses since the UFC’s bonus programme began in 2006 — 3 Fight of the Night, 4 Performance of the Night, 1 Knockout of the Night, 1 Submission of the Night.

DateAwardOpponentEvent
2018-08-04FOTNFight of the NightHenry CejudoUFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2
2017-10-07POTNPerformance of the NightRay BorgUFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee
2017-04-15POTNPerformance of the NightWilson ReisUFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis
2016-04-23POTNPerformance of the NightHenry CejudoUFC 197: Jones vs Saint Preux
2015-04-25POTNPerformance of the NightKyoji HoriguchiUFC 186: Johnson vs Horiguchi
2013-12-14KOTNKnockout of the NightJoseph BenavidezUFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2
2013-07-27SOTNSubmission of the NightJohn MoragaUFC on FOX: Johnson vs Moraga
2013-01-26FOTNFight of the NightJohn DodsonUFC on FOX: Johnson vs Dodson
2012-03-02FOTNFight of the NightIan McCallUFC on FX: Alves vs Kampmann

The UFC's post-fight bonus programme began in 2006, so every total here is a career total since 2006. A fighter who fought only before then has no bonuses because the award did not exist yet. Fight of the Night is a shared award and is credited to both fighters. Performance, Knockout and Submission of the Night are individual awards, credited to the fighter the official record names.

Awards whose recipient the official list does not name are credited to nobody, so these counts are a floor: 245 of 1,339 Performance of the Night and 1 of 180 Submission of the Night awards are unassigned as of 11 October 2026.

Full UFC career — 18 bouts every fight on the official record, newest first
DateOpponentMethodRdEvent
2018-08-04LHenry CejudoDecision (split)R5UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2
2017-10-07WRay BorgSubmissionR5UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee
2017-04-15WWilson ReisSubmissionR3UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis
2016-12-03WTim ElliottDecision (unanimous)R5The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale
2016-04-23WHenry CejudoKO/TKOR1UFC 197: Jones vs Saint Preux
2015-09-05WJohn DodsonDecision (unanimous)R5UFC 191: Johnson vs Dodson 2
2015-04-25WKyoji HoriguchiSubmissionR5UFC 186: Johnson vs Horiguchi
2014-09-27WChris CariasoSubmissionR2UFC 178: Johnson vs Cariaso
2014-06-14WAli BagautinovDecision (unanimous)R5UFC 174: Johnson vs Bagautinov
2013-12-14WJoseph BenavidezKO/TKOR1UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2
2013-07-27WJohn MoragaSubmissionR5UFC on FOX: Johnson vs Moraga
2013-01-26WJohn DodsonDecision (unanimous)R5UFC on FOX: Johnson vs Dodson
2012-09-22WJoseph BenavidezDecision (split)R5UFC 152: Jones vs Belfort
2012-06-08WIan McCallDecision (unanimous)R3UFC on FX: Johnson vs McCall
2012-03-02DIan McCallDecision (majority)R3UFC on FX: Alves vs Kampmann
2011-10-01LDominick CruzDecision (unanimous)R5UFC Live: Cruz vs Johnson
2011-05-28WMiguel TorresDecision (unanimous)R3UFC 130: Rampage vs Hamill
2011-02-05WNorifumi YamamotoDecision (unanimous)R3UFC 126: Silva vs Belfort

Every date links to that bout’s own page. Card names come from the official event record; where the UFC ran two cards on one date, or that record has no row for it, the Event column is left empty rather than filled with a guess.

On the map

The 12 cities Demetrious Johnson has fought a UFC bout in and the hometown on the record. Every pin was looked up by name in OpenStreetMap’s gazetteer and stored with the answer it gave; nothing here is estimated.

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA — 7 bouts, 2011–2017Chicago, Illinois, USA — 1 bout, 2013Kansas City, Missouri, USA — 1 bout, 2017Los Angeles, California, USA — 1 bout, 2018Montreal, Quebec, Canada — 1 bout, 2015Sacramento, California, USA — 1 bout, 2013Seattle, Washington, USA — 1 bout, 2013Sunrise, Florida, USA — 1 bout, 2012Sydney, New South Wales, Australia — 1 bout, 2012Toronto, Ontario, Canada — 1 bout, 2012Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada — 1 bout, 2014Washington, DC, USA — 1 bout, 2011Hometown: Kirkland, Washington

Coastline: Natural Earth (public domain). Pins: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Every host city and camp on one map.

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