{"id":40936,"date":"2026-10-08T05:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T05:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Johnny-Walker-calls-out-UFC-veteran-following-explosive-heavyweight-debut-203125"},"modified":"2026-10-08T05:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T05:02:10","slug":"johnny-walker-calls-out-ufc-veteran-following-explosive-heavyweight-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/johnny-walker-calls-out-ufc-veteran-following-explosive-heavyweight-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Walker calls out UFC veteran following explosive heavyweight debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Johnny
\nWalker<\/a> already has his next potential opponent in mind.<\/p>\n

The Brazilian made his UFC heavyweight debut at UFC
\n332<\/a>, knocking out Mick Parkin<\/a>
\nwith a knee at 3:35 of the opening round. Walker has now asked the
\n
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> for a bout against divisional
\nveteran Marcin
\nTybura<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Johnny Walker targets Marcin Tybura for December UFC fight<\/h2>\n

Walker told talkSPORT<\/a> that he wants to face Tybura in
\nDecember, preferably at UFC
\n335<\/a> in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve asked for Marcin Tybura for my next fight. If he\u2019s ready for
\nDecember, I would like to fight him,\u201d Walker said.<\/p>\n

The 40-year-old Tybura has lost three straight bouts, dropping
\nunanimous decisions to Tyrell
\nFortune<\/a> and Aleksandar
\nRakic<\/a> after being knocked out by Ante Delija<\/a>
\nin September 2025. His last victory came against Parkin in March
\n2025.<\/p>\n

Walker wants more experience at heavyweight before facing the
\ndivision\u2019s elite. He said Tybura\u2019s decade in the UFC makes him an
\nideal opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want more experience before I take higher-ranked levels of
\nfights, because I believe I have to,\u201d Walker said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to
\nstep ahead of myself.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Johnny Walker already has his next potential opponent in mind. The Brazilian made his UFC heavyweight debut at UFC 332, knocking out Mick Parkin with a knee at 3:35 of the opening round. Walker has now asked the Ultimate Fighting Championship for a bout against divisional veteran Marcin Tybura. Advertisement Johnny Walker targets Marcin Tybura […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40936","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\/40936","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=40936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}