MatchWiz

Johnny Walker

23-10-0 · MatchWiz rating 1609

Next fight: vs Waldo Cortes Acosta, Nov 8, 2026 · UFC Fight Night: Cortes Acosta vs. Walker

Age34Height6'6"Reach82"StanceOrthodoxDivisionLight HeavyweightCampXtreme CoutureCountryBrazil

Rating trend

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current 1609 · hover or touch the chart to trace each fight

Our Elo-style rating after each UFC fight — 1500 is average; champions live around 1700+ (full leaderboard). This is the backbone of our win probabilities.

Career rates

Where he stands

Johnny Walker is 10-7 across 17 fights on our tape. Our rating has him at 1609 — it moves with every result and weights who he beat, so a win over a ranked opponent counts for far more than one over a debutant. A record on its own says very little in this sport — two fighters at 12-3 can have faced completely different opposition, which is exactly the gap the rating is built to close.

He ends fights

80% of Johnny's wins have come inside the distance. That's a real trait and a volatile one: a finisher's floor is lower than his highlight reel suggests, because the same aggression that ends fights early loses them early. He absorbs 3 significant strikes a minute, which is the number to watch — a high finish rate paired with heavy absorption is a career that tends to be short and loud.

How the model reads him

Johnny's number is a matchup output — rating against rating, then style against style, plus age and layoff — graded on the fight board like every other call. Our tape covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on, and one punch can settle a fight the better fighter was winning.

The full method is on the fight board, and every published call is graded on the report card.

Johnny Walker — FAQ

What is Johnny Walker's record?

10-7 across 17 fights on our tape, which covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 to the present. Our rating has him at 1609 — it weights who he beat, not just how often he won.

What kind of fighter is Johnny Walker?

He lands 4 significant strikes a minute and absorbs 3, with 0.4 takedowns per 15 minutes and 57% takedown defense. Those rates decide where his fights happen, which decides most of the rest.

Fight history

DateOpponentResultEventΔ rating
Nov 8, 2026Waldo Cortes AcostaupcomingUFC Fight Night: Cortes Acosta vs. Walker–
Oct 3, 2026Mick ParkinW · KO/TKO R1UFC 332: Silva vs. Wang+22
Apr 12, 2026Dominick ReyesL · Decision - Split R3UFC 327: Procházka vs. Ulberg-14
Aug 23, 2025Zhang MingyangW · KO/TKO R2UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang+21
Jun 22, 2024Volkan OezdemirL · KO/TKO R1UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov-22
Jan 14, 2024Magomed AnkalaevL · KO/TKO R2UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2-16
Oct 21, 2023Magomed AnkalaevNC · No Contest R1UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2–
May 13, 2023Anthony SmithW · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida+17
Jan 22, 2023Paul CraigW · KO/TKO R1UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill+19
Sep 11, 2022Ion CutelabaW · Submission R1UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson+17
Feb 20, 2022Jamahal HillL · KO/TKO R1UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill-18
Oct 2, 2021Thiago SantosL · Decision - Unanimous R5UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker-16
Sep 20, 2020Ryan SpannW · KO/TKO R1UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley+21
Mar 14, 2020Nikita KrylovL · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira-17
Nov 3, 2019Corey AndersonL · KO/TKO R1UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz-48
Mar 3, 2019Misha CirkunovW · KO/TKO R1UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith+36
Feb 3, 2019Justin LedetW · KO/TKO R1UFC Fight Night: Assuncao vs. Moraes 2+37
Nov 18, 2018Khalil Rountree Jr.W · KO/TKO R1UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio+42
Aug 12, 2018Henrique da SilvaW · Decision - Unanimous R3Dana White's Contender Series: Brazil 2+26

Record is career MMA (including pre-UFC fights); the history and rating cover UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on. Back to the fight board →