One fighter who received the UFC Shanghai says he by no means disguised his glove contact.
In the primary occasion of UFC Shanghai there was a lightweight heavyweight leaning between Johnnie Walker and Changmin Yang. There was quite a lot of buzz about Mingyan becoming a member of the battle, and lots of thought it could be a statement-making victory for Horn Nation heroes. Walker had different plans and he secured a TKO end within the second spherical.
In the beginning of the battle, Mingyan was about to the touch his gloves. As a substitute, Walker recharged and tried a takedown. In an interview with Guilherme Cruz from Mmafighting.com, Walker denied that he had no intention of forging the contact on the gloves.
Johnny Walker denies the contact of faux gloves on UFC Shanghai foremost occasion vs. Zhang Mingyang.
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“We have been all the time working towards that,” Walker stated of the early takedowns. “In reality, I wasn’t pretend something. I had already touched my gloves earlier than the battle started, so I raised my arms and went there, each again to the horns and did not take a look at his face anymore.
Walker stated that regardless of being upset by Mingyan, he felt a bit rusty contained in the Octagon. He stated that led to his timing being turned off till he was capable of reduce down his opponent’s leg with a kick. Walker additionally admitted that he would have misplaced the battle in Spherical 1 if Mingyan allowed him to proceed making him higher within the spectacular division.
The 32-match veteran believes his endurance has been rewarded at UFC Shanghai. He feels matured as a fighter by sticking to the methods his staff has laid out. Walker is throwing his title into the hat for the battle at UFC Rio on October eleventh, but when he can play one other match earlier than 2025 ends, he might be completely happy.
