Tim Johnson has come a long way in a short amount of time. After alternating wins and losses in seven fights with the UFC, he was released by the organization in 2018. Shortly after, he was picked up by Bellator. In his Bellator debut, he lost in 68 seconds to Cheick Kongo. A few months later, Johnson fought former Bellator heavyweight champion Vitaly Minakov in the co-main event of Bellator 225, once again losing by stoppage in under two minutes.
Last year, however, he came back with a vengeance, becoming the first man to defeat blue-chip prospect Tyrell Fortune, doing so with his own first-round knockout.