Walker (22-9, 1 NC), the explosive Brazilian striker, survived a particularly hairy opening round before attacking the calves of Zhang (19-7) with a series of hard kicks that dropped him in Round 2. A flurry of punches from Walker followed until referee Marc Goddard stopped the bout at 2:37 inside Shanghai Indoor Stadium.

Johnny Walker ended a skid of two straight knockout losses by scoring a shocking knockout of his own in a comeback win against Chinese light heavyweight Zhang Mingyang in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Shanghai.