This weekend noticed two promotion champion, Brett Johns cling up his gloves after an distinctive profession. The Welshman has competed throughout the sports activities greatest promotions and gained championship belts in two separate organisations.
Brett Johns gained the combat by break up resolution (Picture by Huw Fairclough/Getty Photographs)
Brett Johns Profession Highlights
All the best way again in 2012 Johns made his skilled MMA debut and was 5-0 after simply 12 months within the professional recreation. In 2013 he gained the Cage Warriors bantamweight match after which the title the 12 months after. One other title adopted as he jumped throughout the pond to Titan FC and gained the 135lbs belt there in 2015 and he defended it later in that very same 12 months. The now 12-0 document caught the eyes of the UFC and so they got here calling for the Welshman. In 2016 he made his debut in Belfast alongside fellow Welshman Jack Marshman with each males claiming victories.
The UFC tenure had blended outcomes after going through an array of names together with the likes of Aljamain Sterling, Pedro Munhoz and Montel Jackson. In 2020 Johns determined to go away the UFC for a greater contract elsewhere. Bellator was his residence for his subsequent 3 fights successful two shedding one and on the finish of 2023 he competed beneath the PFL banner. His PFL debut was distinctive with a 3rd spherical TKO win, nevertheless the successes didn’t proceed. He joined the PFL common season final 12 months however confronted the unbeaten relentless Russian Timur Khizriev struggling defeat and a second defeat after that to American Tyler Diamond.
This 12 months noticed Johns be part of Spanish promotion WOW seeking one other title in a 3rd organisation. In August he gained his debut in spectacular trend with a uncommon Suloev stretch submission. Sadly this weekend he fell brief in opposition to Nikolay Grozdev when capturing for the featherweight title. Johns laid his gloves down within the centre of the cage in Madrid to shut the chapter on a particular MMA profession.
