Johnny Walker
16 UFC Fights | 50% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (88%)
Johnny Walker UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Johnny Walker is 8-7 in the UFC across 16 fights (1 no contest), with 6 wins by knockout, 1 by submission and 1 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 22-10 (1 NC), 14-3 of it outside the UFC. Walker competes at light heavyweight as an orthodox grappler, standing 6'6" with a 82" reach at 34 years old. The last bout was a loss to Dominick Reyes by split decision in Apr 2026.
Best attribute: striking accuracy (share of significant strikes that land) — 71st percentile among 140 light heavyweight fighters (53%).
Johnny Walker's UFC win rate is 50% (8 of 16 fights), and 88% of those wins came by finish. Walker averages 0.1 takedowns per fight at 50% accuracy and stops 53% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 22-10 (1 NC)
- UFC Record
- 8-7 (1 NC)
- Height
- 6'6"
- Reach
- 82"
- Age
- 34
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Dominick Reyes · Decision - Split · Apr 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Johnny Walker's Last 5 Fights
Walker is 1-3, with one no contest, in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Dominick Reyes · Decision - Split · R3 5:00 · UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg · Apr 2026
- Win vs Zhang Mingyang · KO/TKO · R2 2:37 · UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang · Aug 2025
- Loss vs Volkan Oezdemir · KO/TKO · R1 2:28 · UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov · Jun 2024
- Loss vs Magomed Ankalaev · KO/TKO · R2 2:42 · UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 · Jan 2024
- No contest vs Magomed Ankalaev · Other · R1 3:13 · UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 · Oct 2023
Striking
Fighter Profile
Offensive Output
Defensive
Strike Targets
Position Breakdown
Grappling
Takedowns & Control
Win Methods
Finish Probability by Round
Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Johnny Walker vs Average
Johnny Walker lands 12.4 strikes in R1 but 13.6 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Johnny Walker's UFC Fight History
16 UFC fights on record (8-7 (1 NC)), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Dominick Reyes | Decision - Split | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg | 2026-04-11 |
| W | Zhang Mingyang | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:37 | UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang | 2025-08-23 |
| L | Volkan Oezdemir | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:28 | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov | 2024-06-22 |
| L | Magomed Ankalaev | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:42 | UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 | 2024-01-13 |
| D/NC | Magomed Ankalaev | Other | R1 · 3:13 | UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 | 2023-10-21 |
| W | Anthony Smith | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida | 2023-05-13 |
| W | Paul Craig | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:16 | UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill | 2023-01-21 |
| W | Ion Cutelaba | Submission | R1 · 4:37 | UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson | 2022-09-10 |
| L | Jamahal Hill | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:55 | UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill | 2022-02-19 |
| L | Thiago Santos | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker | 2021-10-02 |
| W | Ryan Spann | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:43 | UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley | 2020-09-19 |
| L | Nikita Krylov | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira | 2020-03-14 |
| L | Corey Anderson | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:07 | UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz | 2019-11-02 |
| W | Misha Cirkunov | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:36 | UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith | 2019-03-02 |
| W | Justin Ledet | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:15 | UFC Fight Night: Assuncao vs. Moraes 2 | 2019-02-02 |
| W | Khalil Rountree Jr. | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:57 | UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio | 2018-11-17 |
How Walker Ranks at Light Heavyweight
Percentile among the 140 light heavyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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