Johnny Walker Claims He Can Beat Francis Ngannou
Rising prospect Johnny Walker got fans talking after he claimed something interesting on social media recently.
The UFC shared a photo on Instagram of heavyweight star Francis Ngannou, asking who is capable of beating him. This led to Walker responding with “me.” You can see a screenshot here:
This comes after Ngannou knocked out former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos in the headliner of the UFC Minneapolis event on ESPN from the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota this past weekend (Sat. June 29, 2019).
Now, he’s expected to fight the winner of UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic. That fight takes place on August 17, 2019, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California at the UFC 244 pay-per-view (PPV) event.
Many fight fans are high on Walker, as the rising prospect has been making waves in a division that needs all the help it can get with younger fighters getting over. In his latest outing, Walker beat Misha Cirkunov on March 2, 2019, at UFC 235 via TKO in the first round. Walker dislocated his shoulder during his celebration after the fight. Thus, the reason that he’s been out-of-action.
Walker and the UFC are preparing to get his next fight booked. The latest news regarding the Brazilian’s return is that the UFC hopes to have him booked for a show in August or September, or have him fight on the main card of the upcoming UFC 242 PPV event.
UFC 242 goes down on Saturday, September 7 at The Arena in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Khabib Nurmagomedov returns when he makes his next UFC lightweight title defense against Dustin Poirier in the headliner.
