The meeting ended with Minakov's victory by knockout in the first round, which became the 22nd in 23 fights in the professional career for the domestic athlete.
Initially, at the Bellator 225 tournament, the Russian was supposed to fight with another US representative, Javi Ayaloy, but the latter refused to fight with Minakov, and Johnson replaced him.
Earlier it was reported that Russian Sergey Kharitonov knocked out American Matt Mitrion at the Bellator 225 tournament.