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ZACHARY JOHNSON
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Hi, my name is Zachary Johnson from Clifton Spring, New York and I am 35 years old and a Professional Fighter in MMA and Boxing . I went to Midlakes High school and graduated in 2004. My parents are Bill and Sue Johnson and I have a brother, Scott Johnson.
for sports and love the competition to win and get better. I have used this competitive nature in my life, from education to work to be the best I can be each day and move up . I believe in life people don’t define who you are, only you can do that.
I was a three sport athlete in high school playing football, and indoor and outdoor track. After High School, I went on to Genessee Community College and studied Travel and Tourism and played Lacrosse for a year and half . I played Semipro football for 4 seasons for the Finger Lakes Impact, Oil City Rampage and Auburn Commanders. I have also played one season of Professional indoor football for Buffalo.
One day I got a message on Facebook from a match maker out of Virginia
After football was over, I wanted to keep competing and a friend of mine, Darth Vadar said I think you should train to fight . He started to train me and he got me into MMA. I did a few events and loved the competition and wanted to keep doing it.
asking me if I wanted to turn Pro in Boxing . I only fought MMA, never had any boxing matches . I made my Pro Boxing debut April 26th , 2017 in Virginia against Cornell “Hitman” Hines at the ABC complex . I lost to Cornell Hines after the referee stopped the match and Cornell went on to be signed by Golden Boy Promotions.
I have always had the passion and drive
I went on to fight Adrian Sosa that
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summer in Massachusetts at the DCU Arena on short day notice . Adrian is a future world champion and I learned a lot about not taking a short notice fight because I was not ready or prepared enough and suffered my second loss with a KO. After that, I took 2 years off from fighting and had to go through many tests to get back into the ring. Meeting with my primary doctor and also a neurologist doctor just to name a few things. It was a long road to get back to fighting, but working with CES and the Massachusetts commission I was approved to come back and fight . I would make my Pro MMA debut for CES in October of 2019. I made my debut and fought on CES on the UFC fight pass against Nate Ghareeb a Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer . Fighting under the bright lights and liveon TV where many fighters from this promotion go on to the UFC. My nerves and butterflies were there in the dressing room and even the walk from the back to the octagon. The fight ended in a stop due to Nate’s knee to my face split it open very badly and the doctor on site couldn’t stop the bleeding, nor seal the cut.
