{"id":28979,"date":"2025-08-27T23:54:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T03:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/walker-knocks-out-zhang-in-shanghai-surprise-at-ufc-fight-night-3\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T23:54:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T03:54:41","slug":"walker-knocks-out-zhang-in-shanghai-surprise-at-ufc-fight-night-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mma\/walker-knocks-out-zhang-in-shanghai-surprise-at-ufc-fight-night-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Walker Knocks Out Zhang in Shanghai: Surprise at UFC Fight Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Johnny Walker Shocks Zhang Mingyang in Shanghai<\/h2>\n\nThe main event of UFC Fight Night in Shanghai marked the company&#8217;s return to China after six years. Johnny Walker faced Zhang Mingyang in a light heavyweight bout that captured the attention of the fans.\n\nWalker, after two consecutive knockout losses, achieved an impressive technical knockout (TKO) over the Chinese fighter in the second round. This result ended a twelve-fight winning streak for Zhang, who hadn&#8217;t lost since 2019 and hadn&#8217;t seen a second round since 2018.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0823%2Fr1535576_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Johnny Walker&#039;s second-round TKO in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Shanghai ended a 12-fight winning streak by Zhang Mingyang.\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nZhang dominated the first round, connecting significant blows that forced Walker to retreat. However, Walker returned to the second round with a different strategy, focusing on calf kicks. A precise kick affected Zhang, followed by a second that knocked him down. Walker (22-9, 1 NC) took advantage of the situation to finish the fight with ground-and-pound at 2:37 of the second round.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cMy kick is amazing, right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n<cite>Johnny Walker<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nWalker also expressed respect for Zhang (19-7), highlighting his strength and dedication.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cA tough fighter from China, with many wins in a row. It&#8217;s a great experience to fight against a very tough guy. I am resilient. Today I took some hits to the face and kept going, and then I got it. This is MMA. Incredible, right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n<cite>Johnny Walker<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nWalker is ranked number 13 in the official UFC rankings, while Zhang is just behind him.\n\n<h2>Aljamain Sterling Beats Brian Ortega in the Co-Main Event<\/h2>\n\nIn the co-main event, Aljamain Sterling defeated Brian Ortega by unanimous decision in a catchweight bout at 153 pounds, as Ortega failed to make the 146-pound division weight.\n\nSterling (25-5), former bantamweight champion, proved to be superior to Ortega (16-5, 1 NC) throughout the five rounds, with a clear dominance that was reflected in the judges&#8217; scorecards (50-45, 50-45, 50-45).\n\nSterling, currently ranked number 9 in the featherweight rankings, secured his second victory in his last three fights. For Ortega, it was his second consecutive loss and the fifth in his last seven matchups.\n\n<h2>Sergei Pavlovich Dominates Waldo Cortes-Acosta<\/h2>\n\nThe heavyweight clash between Sergei Pavlovich and Waldo Cortes-Acosta also stood out on the card. Pavlovich managed to take control in the third round, securing the victory by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).\n\nPavlovich has won eight of his last ten fights.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnny Walker Shocks Zhang Mingyang in Shanghai The main event of UFC Fight Night in Shanghai marked the company&#8217;s return to China after six years. Johnny Walker faced Zhang Mingyang in a light heavyweight bout that captured the attention of the fans. Walker, after two consecutive knockout losses, achieved an impressive technical knockout (TKO) over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[7674,898,4812,228],"class_list":{"0":"post-28979","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-mma","7":"tag-johnny-walker","8":"tag-knockout","9":"tag-shanghai","10":"tag-ufc"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}