Miles Johns turned a chaotic short-notice featherweight conflict into an announcement win at UFC Vegas 120, stopping Gianni Vazquez with a first-round TKO.
“Chapo” had initially been scheduled to face Jessie Rosas at bantamweight, however Rosas was dominated out after struggling a minimize. That opened the door for Vazquez, who accepted the battle on simply two days’ discover for his second UFC stint. The Mexican had beforehand stepped in on quick discover at UFC Vegas 113, shedding to Javid Basharat earlier than being launched and returning to the regional scene.
Johns, who had 10 days to organize, managed the middle early and landed a pointy proper hand earlier than regularly rising his stress. Vazquez discovered his second when he caught Johns coming ahead and dropped him, seemingly shifting the momentum.
Johns responded virtually instantly. The 32-year-old recovered from the knockdown and got here charging ahead with a left hand that despatched Vazquez crashing to the canvas. Johns adopted him down and unleashed a barrage of punches till the referee waved off the competition at 3:09 of Spherical 1.
The victory snapped Miles Johns’ three-fight skid and gave him his first win since June 2024. He improved to 16-5 professionally, whereas Vazquez suffered the primary knockout lack of his profession and fell to 13-5-1.
