UFC Fight Night: Johnny Walker vs. Zhang Mingyang (aka UFC Shanghai) takes place in the early hours of Saturday morning, August 23, and MMA News has you covered with all the action!
After a pay-per-view card in Chicago that saw the crowning of a new UFC middleweight champion, the MMA leader touches down in Shanghai for the first time since 2017, following a Fight Night held in Macau last November.
The main event saw Johnny Walker breaking his own winless skid while snapping the long winning streak of Zhang Mingyang. Though Walker had a bizarre takedown attempt to start the fight, and Mingyang controlled the action in the first round with his strikes, a calf kick changed things in the second. One of Walker’s calf kicks caused Mingyang to go to the mat in pain, and Walker swarmed the Chinese fighter. Mingyang’s efforts to defend and get back to his feet were for naught, and Walker scored the second round finish.
The co-main event of the evening saw Aljamain Sterling win a bizarre and lackluster 153-pound catchweight contest with Brian Ortega. Ortega, who already had plenty of controversy surrounding him and his concerning weight cut, put up little offense until a flurry and desperate submission efforts in the fifth round. Sterling went on to sweep the scorecards.
The rest of the main card saw Sergei Pavlovich defeat Waldo Cortes-Acosta, Su Mudaerij earn a decision over Kevin Borjas, and Taiyilake Nueraji defeat Keifer Crosbie.
If you missed the action, check here for all the results and highlights from the action in Shanghai!
UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Mingyang Results & Highlights
Main Card:
- Light Heavyweight: Johnny Walker def. Zhang Mingyang via TKO (R2, 2:37)
- Catchweight (153 lbs): Aljamain Sterling def. Brian Ortega via unanimous decision (50-45 x3)
- Heavyweight: Sergei Pavlovich def. Waldo Cortes-Acosta via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 x2)
- Flyweight: Su Mudaerji def. Kevin Borjas via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
- Welterweight: Taiyilake Nueraji def. Kiefer Crosbie via TKO (R1, 3:33)
Preliminary Card:
- Lightweight: Gauge Young def. Maheshate Hayisaer via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 x2)
- Flyweight: Charles Johnson def. Lone’er Kavanagh via KO (R2, 4:35)
- Lightweight: Rong Zhu def. Austin Hubbard via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 x2)
- Middleweight: Kyle Daukaus def. Michel Pereira via TKO (R1, 0:43)
- Featherweight: Yi Zha def. Westin Wilson via KO (R1, 0:37)
- Bantamweight: You Su-young def. Xiao Long via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
- Light Heavyweight: Uran Satybaldiev def. Diyar Nurgozhay via submission (Ezekiel choke) (R1, 2:45)
Uran Satybaldiev vs. Diyar Nurgozhay
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Xiao Long vs. You Su-young
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Yi Zha vs. Westin Wilson
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Michel Pereira vs. Kyle Daukaus
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Rong Zhu vs. Austin Hubbard
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Lone’er Kavanagh vs. Charles Johnson
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Maheshate Hayisaer vs. Gauge Young
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Taiyilake Nueraji vs. Kiefer Crosbie
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Su Mudaerji vs. Kevin Borjas
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Sergei Pavlovich vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta
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Brian Ortega vs. Aljamain Sterling
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Johnny Walker vs. Zhang Mingyang
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