Zhang Mingyang made his first UFC main event appearance at UFC Shanghai, facing Johnny Walker at 205 pounds after a win over Anthony "Lionheart" Smith. Mingyang secured an early takedown and landed elbows while Walker remained mobile and later returned to his feet. Mingyang landed a right hand and hurt Walker in the opening round, but Walker's leg kicks in round two felled Mingyang. Walker followed with standing strikes on the downed Mingyang until the referee stopped the contest at 2:37 of round two. Walker celebrated with his traditional worm dance following the TKO.
Right off the bell, Mingyang got the fight down, putting Walker on his back after Walker's own takedown attempt backfired. That gave Mingyang some space for elbows, while Walker stayed mobile off his back. He would make it back up, soon circling on the outside while Mingyang walked him down. A right hand by the Chinese star hit home, and Walker clinched up, looking for a takedown.
Round two saw Walker rocked again early care of a Mingyang right hand. But Walker saw the momentum shift in his direction when a leg kick (a series of them really) felled Mingyang. Zhang was hurt! Walker was all over him, dropping punches on the downed Mingyang while standing. Mingyang nearly made it back up, but couldn't, with Walker raining down more blows before the ref finally waved things up!
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