While most in North America were fast asleep, Johnny Walker was putting in work. Walker scored a convincing finish in the main event of UFC Shanghai early Saturday morning.
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The event took place from the Shanghai Indoor Stadium in Shanghai, China. With the massive time difference, the action went down in the early hours to be in primetime in China.
Walker stopped Zhang Mingyang, a heavy favorite, in the second round with a perfectly-placed attack. The light heavyweight snapped a three-fight run of not getting his hand raised, improving to 22-9 overall.
Former UFC champion Aljamain Sterling bested Brian Ortega in the co-main event. The bout was moved to a catchweight after Ortega struggled to make the featherweight limit.
Sergei Pavlovich, Su Mudaerji and Taiyilake Nueraji were all main card winners live on ESPN+, as Nueraji stopped Kiefer Crosbie in the first round.
The next UFC event will take place Saturday, September 6 from the Accor Arena in Paris, France. Nassourdine Imavov faces Caio Borralho in the headline bout in the middleweight division.
UFC Shanghai Results
- Johnny Walker def. Zhang Mingyang via TKO (strikes) at 2:37 of Round 2
- Aljamain Sterling def. Brian Ortega via unanimous decision
- Sergei Pavlovich def. Waldo Cortes-Acosta via unanimous decision
- Su Mudaerji def. Kevin Borjas via unanimous decision
- Taiyilake Nueraji def. Kiefer Crosbie via TKO (strikes) at 3:33 of Round 1
- Gauge Young def. Maheshate Hayisaer via unanimous decision
- Charles Johnson def. Lone’er Kavanagh via KO (strike) at 4:35 of Round 2
- Rong Zhu def. Austin Hubbard via unanimous decision
- Kyle Daukaus def. Michel Pereira via KO (strike) at :43 of Round 1
- Yi Zha def. Westin Wilson via KO (strike) at :37 of Round 1
- You Su-young def. Xiao Long via unanimous decision
- Uran Satybaldiev def. Diyar Nurgozhay via submission (Ezekiel choke) at 2:45 of Round 1
