Valter Walker made a silent prediction through the UFC Abu Dhabi ceremonial weigh-in.
Johnny Walker‘s brother has won 4 consecutive fights since losing his company debut by decision in April 2024.
The 15-1 heavyweight’s current streak is made up entirely of first-round heel hook submission victories.
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Valter Walker predicts one other heel hook win
Valter Walker weighed in at 248lbs ahead of his first fight of the yr on Friday morning.
The submission specialist’s opponent, Thomas Petersen, got here in barely smaller at 245lbs.
A number of hours later, they’d their final face-off on the UFC Abu Dhabi ceremonial weigh-in.
Walker carried a plastic severed foot on stage as he predicted how his fight with Petersen would end.
‘The Clean Monster’ held up five fingers to point out he intends to increase his record of most heel hook wins in a row on the Etihad Arena in 24 hours’ time.
Walker made it even clearer when he fired a finger gun at Petersen’s feet during their final face-off.
Who else is fighting at UFC Abu Dhabi?
UFC Abu Dhabi shall be headlined by Magomed Ankalaev‘s first fight since losing his light heavyweight title to Alex Pereira last October.
Khalil Rountree Jr. was purported to be his opponent, but an injury forced him off the cardboard.
Bogdan Guskov stepped in on two weeks’ notice within the hopes of securing the most important win of his profession.
- Magomed Ankalaev vs. Bogdan Guskov
- Steve Erceg vs. Ramazan Temirov
- Islam Dulatov vs. Wellington Turman
- Magomed Zaynukov vs. Damian Rzepecki
- Rizvan Kuniev vs. Tyrell Fortune
- Abubakar Vagaev vs. Saygid Izagakhmaev
- Valter Walker vs. Thomas Petersen
- Dustin Jacoby vs. Muhammad Saidov
- Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Sam Patterson
- Ismael Bonfim vs. Axel Sola
- Magomed Tuchalov vs. Brendson Ribeiro
- Nurullo Aliev vs. Mike Davis
- Cody Gibson vs. Abdul Hussein
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