Johnny walker Homecoming party spoiled Zhang Mingyang The way it was starting in the beginning of Saturday.
Putting forward the first UFC event in China in six years, Walker ended a skid of two straight knockout necklaces by skiding a shocking knockout of his own own stunning knockout against the Chinese Light Heavyweight at the main event of the UFC Fight Night in Shanghai.
The 33-year-old Brazil’s second round of TKO ended the 12-fight winning line by Zhang, which had not dropped the MMA bout since 2019 and had not seen the second round since 2018.
Zhang was completely under control throughout the round, some heavy shots were landing and retreating the walker. But the walker made it for the horn and came out for a second round with a separate plan of attack: kicks the calf. He landed a solid one, which clearly influenced Zhang, then associated with each other that collapsed the powerful striker, who came to ride a streak of nine straight first round knockouts. From there, the walker (22–9, 1 nunkon) finished his damaged rival at 2:37 in the round for land and pounds.
“My kick is amazing, isn’t it?” Walker said.
He briefly addressed the crowd with some words of Chinese and honored Zhang (19-7).
“A tough fighter from China, a lot of direct victory,” he said. “This is a very good experience to fight a boy that is very difficult. You see, I am durable today. I got some punches on my face today and I kept coming, and then I got him. It is MMA. It’s MMA.
Walker is unpublished by ESPN but number 13 in the official UFC rankings. Zhang sits a place behind him.
The co-main program was a clash of ranked wings, but the bout was fought on a 153-pound catchweight because Brian Ortega Division’s 146-Pound was unable to create a weight range.
Even looking at the catchweight, Ortga showed very little resistance Alzman sterlingWho took a unanimous decision on the five major rounds (50–45, 50–45, 50–45).
It was worth noting from the beginning that Sterling (25–5) was very early for a former Banomweight Champion, two-time Fedarweight Title Challenger. Ortega (16–5, 1 NC) landed in the first round with only 7% (2 out of 28) of its attacks and a step behind the rest of the way.
Sterling, number 9 in the ESPN rankings in 145 pounds, won their second battle in their last three after leaving their title in 2023, a loss that ended the nine-fight winning streak. For the fourth -ranked Ortega, this was his second direct loss and had fifth in his last seven quarrels.
Fight card also included heavyweight matchup in ESPN rankings, including number 6 Sergei pavlovich To get better in ninth place, he took over in third round Waldo Cortes-Austa (30–27, 29–28, 29-28). Pavalovich has won eight of his last 10 quarrels but lost to the champion, Tom aspinolLess than two years ago.
