{"id":20918,"date":"2015-08-07T16:02:14","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T16:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2015\/08\/07\/minnesota-guardsman-aims-for-second-straight-ufc-win\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:54:11","slug":"minnesota-guardsman-aims-for-second-straight-ufc-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/off-duty\/military-sports\/2015\/08\/07\/minnesota-guardsman-aims-for-second-straight-ufc-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota guardsman aims for second-straight UFC win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By winning his UFC debut this spring, Tim Johnson showed he was ready for the big time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saturday, the Minnesota National Guard sergeant finds out whether he&#8217;s ready for prime time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson defeated unheralded Russian heavyweight Shamil Abdurakhimov <a href=\"http:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/story\/sports\/2015\/04\/04\/mma-heavyweight-fight-night\/25288389\/\">via first-round stoppage<\/a> on April 4 during a UFC Fight Night event in Fairfax, Virginia, although &#8220;fight night&#8221; was a bit of a misnomer \u2014 the heavyweights squared off so far up the preliminary card that most fans hadn&#8217;t eaten lunch yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the win, and the &#8220;Performance of the Night&#8221; bonus that came with a check for $50,000, earned Johnson a spot against Jared &#8220;The Big Show&#8221; Rosholt on the main card of Saturday&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\/event\/ufc-fight-night-nashville-2015\">UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Saint Preux<\/a>,&#8221; which airs live from Nashville, Tennessee, on Fox Sports 1 beginning at 10 p.m. Eastern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1076\" height=\"1617\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635744641539465316-usatsi-8497701-114803088-lowres-1-jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635744641539465316-usatsi-8497701-114803088-lowres-1-jpg.jpg 1076w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635744641539465316-usatsi-8497701-114803088-lowres-1-jpg.jpg?resize=200,300 200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635744641539465316-usatsi-8497701-114803088-lowres-1-jpg.jpg?resize=768,1154 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635744641539465316-usatsi-8497701-114803088-lowres-1-jpg.jpg?resize=681,1024 681w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635744641539465316-usatsi-8497701-114803088-lowres-1-jpg.jpg?resize=1022,1536 1022w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1076px) 100vw, 1076px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Tim Johnson celebrates after winning his UFC debut &#8212; one that earned him a Performance of the Night bonus &#8230; and some notoriety for his facial hair.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Photo Credit: Tommy Gilligan\/USA Today Sports<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s quite a feat,&#8221; said Johnson of his move up the ranks. &#8220;It makes me go, &#8216;Oh, actually, the UFC wants to try to push me.&#8217; I&#8217;ve just got to do my job and follow through with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UFC contract allowed Johnson to free his schedule up a bit \u2014 he had been working 60-plus hours as a trucker and a bouncer in addition to his MMA and military pursuits, but has since dropped the trucking gig. Aside from that change, Johnson (9-1) said he&#8217;s attempted to keep his fight-prep methods similar to what&#8217;s worked in the past: He enters Saturday&#8217;s showdown on an eight-fight win streak, with none of his victims reaching the end of the second round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abdurakhimov didn&#8217;t make it out of the first, with the referee stopping the bout three seconds before the bell. Rosholt (12-2, 4-1 UFC) has almost the exact opposite reputation, with three of his UFC wins coming via decision and the fourth reaching the third round before a ref stoppage. 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Aside from a few extra questions about life in the octagon from his fellow soldiers, Johnson said his UFC debut didn&#8217;t change much when it came to military service, and he&#8217;s still not sure whether he&#8217;ll re-up when his current contract expires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I just had my one-year counseling with all of our admin guys,&#8221; said Johnson, who enlisted in 2007 and deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation New Dawn. &#8220;They were picking my brain pretty hard [regarding re-enlisting]. I couldn&#8217;t give them an honest answer just yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guard duty did interfere with one of Johnson&#8217;s fight plans: After receiving praise from Marine officer-turned-UFC commentator Brian Stann, among others, for the mustache he sported in his April fight, Johnson intended to enter Saturday&#8217;s bout with an even more pronounced facial growth, telling UFC.com that he had &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\/news\/Tim-Johnson-and-the-Return-of-the-Stache?utm_campaign=UFC&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_content=1438648327\">an awesome pair of handlebars going<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then came a drill weekend, and out came the razor. 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