The heavyweight semifinalists will match wits and fists in the Professional Fighters League main event on Friday in Nashville, Tennessee.
for $1 million later this year. Johnson only has one PFL appearance under his belt but made it count, as he cut downwith first-round punches as a short-notice replacement at PFL 4 in June and banked the six points he needed to qualify for the playoffs. Goltsov, meanwhile, has established himself as a promotional mainstay.
He has gone the distance on seven different occasions and carries a 6-1 record in those bouts.Johnson wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 55% of his career total . His list of victims includesinto submission under the Max Fights banner on March 23, 2013. More than a decade later, it remains his quickest stoppage to date.Consecutive calendar years in which Johnson has fought at least once.
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