Valter Walker

Walker closed the distance and pulled guard as soon as the pair clinched. Petersen defended the initial heel-hook attempt by rolling and extracting his leg. Walker trapped the calf, increased the pressure, and forced the tap.

Key moments

• Walker closed the distance and pulled guard as soon as the pair clinched.
• Petersen defended the initial heel-hook attempt by rolling and extracting his leg.
• Walker trapped the calf, increased the pressure, and forced the tap.

Walker needed less than a minute to catch Nzechukwu and secure another leg-lock stoppage. The inverted heel hook underlined just how dangerous his submission game is even against larger, longer heavyweights.

Key moments

• Finished the fight in 54 seconds.
• Used an inverted heel hook for the submission.
• Added another first-round UFC stoppage.

The Mayes fight showed that Walker's preferred finish was becoming a real UFC trend rather than a one-off trick. He found the heel hook in round one again and never gave Mayes time to drag the bout into a longer heavyweight exchange.

Key moments

• Won by first-round submission.
• The finish arrived at 1:17 of the opening round.
• Recorded a second straight UFC heel-hook stoppage.

Walker rebounded from his debut loss by dragging Tafa into his game late in round one and finishing with a heel hook. It was an important response because it immediately re-established the upside that earned him a roster spot.

Key moments

• Returned to the win column with a first-round submission.
• Locked up the heel hook at 4:56 of round one.
• Scored his first UFC victory.

The finish reinforced that he was not only a submission threat at heavyweight, because he could still end fights cleanly with punches when the opening stayed on the feet.

Key moments

• Knocked out Cássio de Oliveira at 1:47 of round two.
• The fight served as the co-main event of MMA Series 67.
• It was Walker's ninth straight professional win.

Against Mohamed, Walker did not need prolonged control or a leg entanglement to get the result.

Key moments

• Stopped Ramdan Mohamed by first-round TKO at 2:27.
• The finish came on the MMA Series 64 main card in Egypt.
• It gave Walker another quick heavyweight stoppage three months after the Akulov win.