{"id":38625,"date":"2026-06-03T17:50:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Heel-hook-specialist-to-meet-The-Train-at-UFC-Abu-Dhabi-201423"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:50:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:50:46","slug":"heel-hook-specialist-to-meet-the-train-at-ufc-abu-dhabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/heel-hook-specialist-to-meet-the-train-at-ufc-abu-dhabi\/","title":{"rendered":"Heel hook specialist to meet ‘The Train’ at UFC Abu Dhabi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The record holder for the most heel hook submissions returns at
\n
\nUFC Abu Dhabi<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Valter
\nWalker<\/a> is scheduled to meet Thomas
\nPetersen<\/a> in a heavyweight matchup at UFC Fight Night 282 on
\nJuly 25 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. <\/p>\n

Collision Course<\/h2>\n

Walker (15-1) suffered his lone professional loss in his UFC debut
\nin 2024. Aptly nicknamed \u201cThe Foot Hunter,\u201d Walker has since scored
\nfive straight submission wins via heel hooks. The Brazilian has now
\ntied the notorious Rousimar
\nPalhares<\/a> for the most heel hook submissions in
\nUFC<\/a> history. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Petersen (11-4) had only lost to Waldo
\nCortes-Acosta<\/a> before making his UFC debut in 2024. However,
\n\u201cThe Train\u201d has since alternated between wins and losses, going 3-3
\nin the promotion. Petersen is coming off a majority decision win
\nover the previously undefeated Guilherme
\nPat<\/a> from this past April. <\/p>\n

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The record holder for the most heel hook submissions returns at UFC Abu Dhabi.  Valter Walker is scheduled to meet Thomas Petersen in a heavyweight matchup at UFC Fight Night 282 on July 25 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.  Collision Course Walker (15-1) suffered his lone professional loss in his UFC debut in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}