Overview

• Johnson stopped Darion Abbey in 64 seconds on Dana White’s Contender Series, closing with uppercuts to a grounded opponent.
• Dana White issued five UFC contracts on the card to Johnson, Manoel Sousa, Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev, Marcio Barbosa and Ryan Gandra.
• After the win, Johnson said he can make middleweight and might attempt welterweight, noting he is open to fighting from 170 to heavyweight.
• He weighed just over 200 pounds against a much taller, heavier opponent, though reports differed on the fighters’ exact measurements.
• The unbeaten prospect reached the UFC roughly a year after his pro debut following a years-long weight-loss effort that began near 290 pounds.