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Johnny Walker Stops Zhang Mingyang With Calf Kicks in Second-Round Upset at UFC Shanghai

The Brazilian snapped Zhang’s long winning run and his own skid by crippling the hometown contender’s lead leg on the UFC’s first China card since 2019.

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Johnny Walker - Image credit @UFC X.com

Overview

  • Walker won by TKO at 2:37 of Round 2 after successive low kicks dropped Zhang, leading to a finishing flurry on the ground.
  • Zhang controlled the opening frame before Walker’s switch to damaging calf attacks turned the fight in the second.
  • Aljamain Sterling defeated Brian Ortega by unanimous decision in a five-round bout at 153 pounds after Ortega missed the featherweight limit.
  • Sergei Pavlovich earned a unanimous decision over Waldo Cortes-Acosta on the main card.
  • Performance bonuses went to Walker, Charles Johnson, Kyle Daukaus, and Uran Satybaldiev, and Walker called out Jan Blachowicz in his post-fight remarks.