Johnny Walker, Jamahal Hill Condemn ‘Coward’ Trolls After UFC Vegas 48

Johnny WalkerBoth Jamahal Hill, and Johnny Walker have condemns “coward” trolls who have mocked the fashion in which the latter suffered his first round knockout loss in the main event of UFC Vegas 48 last weekend. Headlining last weekend’s card at the UFC Apex facility, impromptu main event features, Hill and Walker rounded out the card […]

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Both Jamahal Hill, and Johnny Walker have condemns “coward” trolls who have mocked the fashion in which the latter suffered his first round knockout loss in the main event of UFC Vegas 48 last weekend.

Headlining last weekend’s card at the UFC Apex facility, impromptu main event features, Hill and Walker rounded out the card in the promotion’s return to Las Vegas, Nevada.

Scoring a close to the bout before the three-minute mark of the opening round, Hill clipped Walker with a right hand as the Brazilian entered range from the fence, rendering him unconscious before he fell against the Octagon fence, where he absorbed some more ground strikes from Hill.

Jamahal Hill’s KO win over Johnny Walker came as his second consecutively following a recent win over Jimmy Crute

The loss came as Walker’s fourth from his most recent five appearances under the UFC’s banner, and in the aftermath of his defeat to Hill, the Straight Blast Gym mainstay received mass abuse across his social media, as did his fiancé, with memes and pictures of Walker’s knockout loss circulating across social media.

Walker, who required transportation to a medical facility following his defeat to Chicago native, Hill, questioned why fans, and even some members of the media chose to disrespect him following his knockout defeat.

“I spent so many hours in the hospital getting checked out,” Johnny Walker said on his official YouTube channel. “I’m 100 percent good, the brain scan and everything is okay but they don’t know. They (fans) don’t really care about what happens with my health.”

“They send messages for my fiancé saying so much bullsh*t about me,” Johnny Walker continued. “Things that are disgusting. It’s not everybody but I would like to understand why we have people like this. People even from the media who have my number. They called me before the fight to ask for interviews and everything. Then when I lose, they make big jokes about my losses. This is just very disappointing, you know? You train so hard. I fight for money, to provide good health and support for my family in Brazil. To buy a house for me, I want to marry, I want to have kids, make a business, be sustainable. And they don’t f*cking care about my health.”

“I’m trying to do my best to bring them nice entertainment for everybody,” Johnny Walker explained. “But they just don’t care about my health and if I’m okay or not.”

Walker’s opponent, Hill, who moved to the #10 slot in the light heavyweight division courtesy of his knockout win, also condemned fans in a video released on his official Twitter, calling them cowards, and urging any fans of his who engaged in mocking Walker to not support him anymore.

“I do what I do for the entertainment of the fans and the love of the sport,” Jamahal Hill said. “And whenever I’m successful, and I get as knockout and have these moments that y’all like, bro, don’t use that time to dog somebody. I’ve lost, so I’ve received the ridicule and the things that come with that, and I understand that people are ignorant. But I can only imagine how y’all doing my man (Johnny Walker) right not, and that sh*t ain’t cool. That sh*t ain’t cool. Think about if that was you.”

Joaquin Buckley Backs Up Dale Brown, Reveals Why He Cornered Him At UFC Vegas 48

Joaquin BuckleyUFC middleweight striker, Joaquin Buckley has revealed the reasoning regarding his decision to host Detriot Urban Survival Training self-defense instructor, Dale Brown in his corner at UFC Vegas 48 last weekend, claiming that the practitioner’s techniques are also well advised. Buckley, who opened the UFC Apex facility’s main card, managed to narrowly survive a late […]

Joaquin Buckley

UFC middleweight striker, Joaquin Buckley has revealed the reasoning regarding his decision to host Detriot Urban Survival Training self-defense instructor, Dale Brown in his corner at UFC Vegas 48 last weekend, claiming that the practitioner’s techniques are also well advised.

Buckley, who opened the UFC Apex facility’s main card, managed to narrowly survive a late rally against Abdul Razak Alhassan to score a close split decision victory against the Ghana-born knockout kingpin.

The victory came as Buckley’s second consecutively, following a third round knockout win against Antonio Arroyo last year – which returned him to the winner’s enclosure.

UFC middleweight Sean Strickland recently called out and questioned Dale Brown and his techniques

However, Buckley hit the headlines during fight week ahead of UFC Vegas 48, with reports detailing how the aforenoted self-defense instructor, Brown would be cornering him for his fight with Alhassan. 

Speaking with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, Joaquin Buckley revealed his reasoning for starring Brown in his corner, intending to capitalize on Brown’s recent viral success.

“We just started brainstorming, what if I put this man (Dale Brown) in my corner?” Joaquin Buckley said. “What type of impact would that make? After that, history was made on Feb. 19. When everything started blowing up the way that it did, I reached out to him and was like, ‘Hey, would you be cool being in my corner?’ And he was like, ‘Yeah, I think we’ll pretty much blow up the internet.’ which we did. It went crazy.”

“He was down from the get-go,” Joaquin Buckley said. “Shout out to Dale Brown. He’s a cool dude, he gets a lot of negativity about the things that he’s doing but he’s legit in the self-defense and security game (for) 26 years. He was a military paratrooper, he knows what he’s talking about. He’s been in the game for a minute.”

Following his close decision victory over Alhassan, Buckley maintained that he was now only interested in securing his next bout – against an opponent with equal or more followers than him across social media.

Johnny Walker Addresses Fans Following Violent Knockout Loss

UFC light heavyweight contender Johnny Walker has spoken out for the first time since his knockout loss to Jamahal Hill at UFC Vegas 48. Walker has now lost four of his last five fights after the brutal knockout to Hill in his second-straight UFC main event. He had lost to former title challenger Thiago Santos…

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UFC light heavyweight contender Johnny Walker has spoken out for the first time since his knockout loss to Jamahal Hill at UFC Vegas 48.

Walker has now lost four of his last five fights after the brutal knockout to Hill in his second-straight UFC main event. He had lost to former title challenger Thiago Santos in his last outing via a unanimous decision.

Walker and Hill slugged it out in the opening minutes of the fight before Hill caught Walker with a massive right hand that sent Walker falling backward and onto the canvas below. Hill has rebounded with back-to-back wins since his first UFC loss to Paul Craig.

In a recent Instagram post, Walker updated his fans on his health following the loss and where he plans to go from here.

“I’m OK,” Walker said. “Just a little cut. I (go to) sleep in the fight, so something happened wrong.

“Let’s eat and be happy. And let’s go to the next one.”

Walker made his UFC debut against Khalil Rountree in 2018 following his appearance on Dana White’s Contender Series. He began his UFC career with three-straight wins over the likes of Rountree, Justin Ledet, and Misha Cirkunov.

But things have taken a different turn for Walker since his last winning streak. He has suffered lopsided defeats at the hands of Nikita Krylov and Corey Anderson before bouncing back with a win over Ryan Spann.

At 29 years old, Walker still has plenty of time to get back on track in his UFC tenure. However, it’ll take a lot for him to work out of his series of recent struggles inside the cage.

What do you think is next for Johnny Walker’s UFC career?

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The Pulse of MMA: Fans React To Highlights From Feb.19’s Tripleheader

The Pulse of MMA: Fan Reactions To The Sport’s Biggest Stories In this installment of The Pulse of MMA, we dive into the raw, unfiltered reactions of MMA fans after the Feb. 19 tripleheader! UFC Vegas 48 Results & Highlights UFC Vegas 48 took place inside the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event…

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The Pulse of MMA: Fan Reactions To The Sport’s Biggest Stories

In this installment of The Pulse of MMA, we dive into the raw, unfiltered reactions of MMA fans after the Feb. 19 tripleheader!

UFC Vegas 48 Results & Highlights

UFC Vegas 48 took place inside the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event saw Jamahal Hill knock out Johnny Walker in the first round. In the co-main event, Kyle Daukaus picked up the D’arce submission choke win over Jamie Pickett right at the first-round buzzer.

You can catch the full results from UFC Vegs 48 here, and catch some of the raw reactions from The Pulse of MMA down below!

Bellator 274 Results & Highlights

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In round 2 of MMA’s February 19 tripleheader, we have Bellator 274. The main event saw Logan Storley def. Neiman Gracie via unanimous decision. In the co-main, Andrey Koreshkov defeated Chance Rencountre via TKO. You can peep the full results along with highlights from the main and co-main right here.  And you can peep the raw reactions from The Pulse of MMA down below!

BKFC KnuckleMania 2 Results & Highlights

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And last up, we have BKFC’s Knucklemania 2, featuring two former UFC vets Chad Mendes and Mike Perry, both of whom were victorious last night. You can check out the highlights of their bouts as well as the results from the entire card right here. And of course, you can peep the raw reactions from The Pulse of MMA right down below!

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UFC Vegas 48 Bonuses: Four Fighters Nab Performance Checks

The UFC Vegas 48 bonuses have been released. The event took place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. Headlining the card was a light heavyweight clash between Johnny Walker and Jamahal Hill. This fight didn’t last long as it ended in the first round when Hill landed a right hand on the…

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The UFC Vegas 48 bonuses have been released.

The event took place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. Headlining the card was a light heavyweight clash between Johnny Walker and Jamahal Hill. This fight didn’t last long as it ended in the first round when Hill landed a right hand on the temple. 

Walker was out right away as he fell back and landed up against the cage with impact. Hill with a big right hand on the ground for extra measure. 

The co-main event saw more action between Kyle Daukaus and Jamie Pickett in a catchweight bout. 

This fight saw Kyle get an early first round takedown into half guard while Pickket had him in a guillotine choke until he let it go. Pickett eventually scrambled to his feet so they ended up clinching. Kyle scored another takedown into half guard and tried taking his back, but this allowed Pickett to stand up. Moments later, Kyle got a third takedown into half guard and locked in the d’arce choke for the win. There was one second left on the clock. 

Peep the full list of performance bonus winners below.

Jamahal Hill

Kyle Daukaus

Stephanie Egger 

David Onama.

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Jamahal Hill Flattens Johnny Walker With Huge First Round KO – UFC Vegas 48 Highlights

Jamahal HillSweet Dreams. Jamahal Hill living up to his nickname most certainly in the main event of UFC Vegas 48 — stopping Johnny Walker with a thunderous clipping right hand shot to round out tonight’s action at the UFC Apex facility. Hill, who patiently stalked Walker as the Brazilian evaded, exploded with a right hand as […]

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Sweet Dreams. Jamahal Hill living up to his nickname most certainly in the main event of UFC Vegas 48 — stopping Johnny Walker with a thunderous clipping right hand shot to round out tonight’s action at the UFC Apex facility.

Hill, who patiently stalked Walker as the Brazilian evaded, exploded with a right hand as Walker approached, and despite only clipping the Straight Blast Gym staple with the strike, he rendered Walker completely unconscious, standing, before following up with a pair of ground strikes.

Below, catch the highlights from Jamahal Hill’s stunning Knockout of the Year contender against Johnny Walker