Fighter profile

Johnny Walker

Heavyweight · UFC record 9-7 (1 NC) · 17 detailed UFC fights · Last fight Sat 3 Oct 2026

Power Striker

Next bout: vs Waldo Cortes Acosta · UFC Fight Night: Cortes Acosta vs Walker · Sat 7 Nov 2026

Fighter ratings

Ratings V2Rated

Striking (offense)82

Power89

Striking defense73

Takedown defense63

WrestlingProvisional measure65

Ratings V2 descriptive 0–100 scores (17 detailed fights; as of Sat 3 Oct 2026). Not win probabilities or rankings. Missing values stay unavailable.

Chin and Cardio · Frozen through October 17, 2026

R1 research scale

ChinEvidence: DEVELOPING71.4

CardioEvidence: DEVELOPING75.5

Source: R1 public_candidate_display · status: Research candidate · as of Sat 17 Oct 2026. Separate frozen research scale; fights after October 17, 2026 are not reflected.

About these ratings

Ratings are domain-specific descriptive scales. Equal point differences across different domains do not imply equal absolute skill differences.

Striking (offense) · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 striking-offense score built from recorded significant strikes landed per round, significant-strike accuracy and significant-strike differential.
Power · Ratings V2: Recorded knockdown and KO/TKO-win threat under the Ratings V2 contract (knockdowns per round, KO/TKO win rate); not literal measured punching force.
Striking defense · Ratings V2: Recorded strike avoidance (striking defense) and bounded absorption (strikes absorbed per round) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Takedown defense · Ratings V2: Recorded defense against incoming takedown attempts (takedown defense rate) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Wrestling · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 wrestling-offense score: recorded takedowns landed per round and takedown accuracy. Not ground control or complete grappling.
Chin · R1 research scale: Exposure-adjusted recorded knockdown resistance. This is not a direct biological measurement of chin, recovery, or injury resistance.
Cardio · R1 research scale: Recorded later-round striking activity and effectiveness retention. This is not a direct physiological fitness measurement.

Ratings V2 scores follow each fighter's latest recorded state; R1 research-scale scores are frozen through 17 Oct 2026. Recovery is separate metadata, not a rating. No combined rating exists.

Profile

Height: 198 cm (6'6")
Reach: 208 cm (6'10")
Stance: Orthodox
Age: 34

Last 3: L W L (most recent last)

Career statistics

Descriptive

17 detailed UFC fights · 29 rounds of recorded statistics. Exact totals from recorded UFC fights through Sat 3 Oct 2026; not opponent-adjusted and not model inputs.

Strikes landed14.6significant, per round

Strikes absorbed11.3per round

Striking differential+3.3per round

Takedown attempts0.17per round

Takedown defense50.0%of attempts stopped

Finish rate88.9%of UFC wins

Striking

Significant strikes landed per round: 14.6
Significant strikes absorbed per round: 11.3
Differential per round (landed − absorbed): +3.3
Striking accuracy: 53.7%
Striking defense (opponent strikes avoided): 48.4%
Knockdowns per round: 0.21
Target: head / body / leg: 45.5% / 10.4% / 44.1%
Position: distance / clinch / ground: 70.5% / 7.5% / 21.9%

Per-round figures divide recorded totals by rounds with statistics. Shares are of significant strikes landed.

Wrestling and grappling

Takedown attempts per round: 0.17
Takedowns landed per round: 0.07
Takedown accuracy: 40.0%
Takedown defense: 50.0%
Control time per round: 0:18
Submission attempts per round: 0.10
Reversals per round: 0.10

Attempts and landed takedowns are counted separately; accuracy is landed ÷ attempted.

Outcomes and durability

UFC record (W-L-D, NC): 9-7-0, 1 NC
Finish rate (wins by KO/TKO or submission): 88.9%
Wins by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 7 · 1 · 1
Losses by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 4 · 0 · 3
Knockdowns scored / suffered: 6 / 7
Average fight time: 6:53 (over 16 bouts)

Results as recorded by UFCStats. Fight time is elapsed time (completed rounds plus ending time) and includes draws and no-contests. These are outcomes, not biological measurements.

UFC fight history

Johnny Walker — most recent UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 3 Oct 2026	Mick Parkin	W	KO/TKO Knee	R1 3:35	UFC 332: Silva vs. Wang
Sat 11 Apr 2026	Dominick Reyes	L	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg
Sat 23 Aug 2025	Zhang Mingyang	W	KO/TKO Punches	R2 2:37	UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang
Sat 22 Jun 2024	Volkan Oezdemir	L	KO/TKO Punch	R1 2:28	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov
Sat 13 Jan 2024	Magomed Ankalaev	L	KO/TKO Punch	R2 2:42	UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2

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Johnny Walker — earlier UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 21 Oct 2023	Magomed Ankalaev	NC	CNC	R1 3:13	UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2
Sat 13 May 2023	Anthony Smith	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida
Sat 21 Jan 2023	Paul Craig	W	KO/TKO Punches	R1 2:16	UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill
Sat 10 Sep 2022	Ion Cutelaba	W	SUB Rear Naked Choke	R1 4:37	UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson
Sat 19 Feb 2022	Jamahal Hill	L	KO/TKO Punch	R1 2:55	UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill
Sat 2 Oct 2021	Thiago Santos	L	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker
Sat 19 Sep 2020	Ryan Spann	W	KO/TKO Punches	R1 2:43	UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley
Sat 14 Mar 2020	Nikita Krylov	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira
Sat 2 Nov 2019	Corey Anderson	L	KO/TKO Punches	R1 2:07	UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz
Sat 2 Mar 2019	Misha Cirkunov	W	KO/TKO Flying Knee	R1 0:36	UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith
Sat 2 Feb 2019	Justin Ledet	W	KO/TKO Spinning Back Fist	R1 0:15	UFC Fight Night: Assuncao vs. Moraes 2
Sat 17 Nov 2018	Khalil Rountree Jr.	W	KO/TKO Elbow	R1 1:57	UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio

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