Tag: Johnny Walker

Johnny Walker is slated to make his return to action and the UFC is preparing to get his next fight booked.

According to a recent report by Aaron Bronsteter of TSN Sports, the promotion hopes to get him booked in the headliner of a show in August or September, or have him fight on the main card of the upcoming UFC 242 pay-per-view (PPV) event. Regarding his opponents, it’s likely to be Dominick Reyes or Corey Anderson. Bronsteter wrote the following:

“I’m told Johnny Walker is back to full training and medical clearance has not been requested by the UFC yet. He is looking to either main event a card in August or September or appear on main card of UFC 242. Likely opponents are Dom Reyes or Corey Anderson should they accept.”

I'm told Johnny Walker is back to full training and medical clearance has not been requested by the UFC yet. He is looking to either main event a card in August or September or appear on main card of UFC 242.

Likely opponents are Dom Reyes or Corey Anderson should they accept. https://t.co/ucHsBJGbt3

— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) June 18, 2019

Many fight fans are high on Walker, as the rising prospect has been making waves in a division that needs all the help it can get with younger fighters getting over. In his latest outing, Walker beat Misha Cirkunov on March 2, 2019, at UFC 235 via TKO in the first round. Walker dislocated his shoulder during his celebration after the fight. Thus, the reason that he’s been out of action.

Walker has been undefeated during his time with the Las Vegas-based promotion as he picked up KO wins over the likes of Khalil Rountree Jr. and Justin Ledet. The UFC 242 PPV event takes place on Saturday, September 7 at The Arena in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The main card will air on PPV at 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary card will air on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET, and the ESPN’s streaming service, ESPN+.

Khabib Nurmagomedov returns when he makes his next UFC lightweight title defense against Dustin Poirier in the headliner. The promotion will be announcing more fights in the coming months, but here’s the updated card:

• Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Dustin Poirier
• Curtis Blaydes vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov
• Islam Makhachev vs. Davi Ramos
• Mairbek Taisumov vs. Carlos Diego Ferreira
• Belal Muhammad vs. Takashi Sato
• Ottman Azaitar vs. Teemu Packalen

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Rising UFC light heavyweight prospect Johnny Walker has been medically cleared to make his UFC return.

Walker’s manager, Lucas Lutkus, confirmed the news to ESPN. Lutkus suggested the Brazilian is eying a September return, but no opponent has been finalized as of this writing:

“A top-10 fighter is what we have been talking with the UFC about,” Lutkus said. “He is No. 10 now with (Alexander) Gustafsson and (Jimi) Manuwa retired, so it is what makes sense.

“Honestly, Johnny will take on any name offered. Be it a vet like Glover (Teixeira) or a prospect like (Dominick) Reyes or (Aleksander) Rakic, he loves every possibility of matchup.”

Walker hasn’t competed since his 36-second knockout victory over Misha Cirkunov back in March. While he managed to get through the fight unscathed, it was his post-fight celebration that did him in. Walker attempted to do the worm and injured his shoulder in the process.

It was initially expected that he would be able to avoid surgery, but the UFC insisted he get the operation to ensure the injury doesn’t happen again.

Walker was rehabbing the injury in Thailand, as well as the UFC’s Performance Institute in Las Vegas recently. It will be interesting to see who the 27-year-old is matched-up with upon his return.

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The hottest prospect in the light heavyweight division is now cleared to make his anticipated return to the Octagon. ESPN reports that Johnny Walker has been medically cleared to return following successful shoulder surgery in March. The injury occurred during a post-fight celebration by Walker after knocking out Misha Cirkunov in 36 seconds at UFC […]

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