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UFC Fight Night: Johnny Walker vs. Zhang Mingyang (aka UFC Shanghai) takes place in the early hours of Saturday morning, August 23, and MMA News has you covered with all the action! After a pay-per-view card in Chicago that saw the crowning of a new UFC middleweight champion, the MMA leader touches down on mainland China for the first time since 2017, following a Fight Night held in Macau last November. The main event will see Johnny Walker battling Zhang Mingyang in a light heavyweight battle. Walker is looking to get back on track after going winless in his last three fights — two against current light heavyweight champion Magomed Ankalaev and one against Volkan Oezdemir. Mingyang, meanwhile, is 3-0 in the Octagon since coming in off Road to UFC, finishing Brendson Ribeiro, Ozzy Diaz, and Anthony Smith. The co-main event will be a 153-pound catchweight contest featuring former featherweight title challenger Brian Ortega and former bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling. Ortega has lost three of his last four, while Sterling is 1-1 since moving up to 145. This fight was scheduled to take place at featherweight, but weight cut complications on Ortega’s side caused the move — with some fearing this fight shouldn’t happen at all. The rest of the main card will see a heavyweight battle between Sergei Pavlovich and Waldo Cortes-Acosta, a flyweight featuring featuring Su Mudaerij and Kevin Borjas, and a welterweight matchup that sees Taiyilake Nueraji taking on Keifer Crosbie. If you can’t watch the action, check here for all the results and highlights from the action in Shanghai!
[b]UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Mingyang Results & Highlights[/b]
Main Card: [*]Light Heavyweight: Johnny Walker vs. Zhang Mingyang [*]Catchweight (153 lbs): Brian Ortega vs. Aljamain Sterling [*]Heavyweight: Sergei Pavlovich vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta [*]Flyweight: Su Mudaerji vs. Kevin Borjas [*]Welterweight: Taiyilake Nueraji vs. Kiefer Crosbie
Preliminary Card: [*]Lightweight: Maheshate Hayisaer vs. Gauge Young [*]Flyweight: Lone’er Kavanagh vs. Charles Johnson [*]Lightweight: Rong Zhu vs. Austin Hubbard [*]Middleweight: Michel Pereira vs. Kyle Daukaus [*]Featherweight: Yi Zha vs. Westin Wilson [*]Bantamweight: You Su-young def. Xiao Long via unanimous decision (29-28 x3) [*]Light Heavyweight: Uran Satybaldiev def. Diyar Nurgozhay via submission (Ezekiel choke) (R1, 2:45)
[b]Uran Satybaldiev vs. Diyar Nurgozhay[/b]
said:STARTING OFF FAST WITH THE SUBMISSION
Uran Satybaldiev sinks in the Ezekiel choke to kick off #UFCShanghai
[ LIVE NOW on @ESPNPlus ] pic.twitter.com/Er2OepEJL2 — UFC (@ufc) August 23, 2025
said:That's how Uran Satybaldiev is celebrating after his first UFC win
[ UFC Shanghai | LIVE NOW on ESPN+ ] pic.twitter.com/KLtPUUMLgn — UFC (@ufc) August 23, 2025
[b]Xiao Long vs. You Su-young[/b]
said:THROWIN' 'BOWS TO END THE FIGHT
[ #UFCShanghai | Xiao Long | SuYoungYou | LIVE NOW on ESPN+ ] pic.twitter.com/Dtx1aN8MWX — UFC (@ufc) August 23, 2025
said:It goes to the scorecards!
SuYoung You walks out with the UD at #UFCShanghai! [ LIVE NOW on ESPN+ ] pic.twitter.com/gmpmcQKKfi — UFC (@ufc) August 23, 2025
[b]Yi Zha vs. Westin Wilson[/b]
[b]Michel Pereira vs. Kyle Daukaus[/b]
[b]Rong Zhu vs. Austin Hubbard[/b]
[b]Lone’er Kavanagh vs. Charles Johnson[/b]
[b]Maheshate Hayisaer vs. Gauge Young[/b]
[b]Taiyilake Nueraji vs. Kiefer Crosbie[/b]
[b]Su Mudaerji vs. Kevin Borjas[/b]
[b]Sergei Pavlovich vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta[/b]
[b]Brian Ortega vs. Aljamain Sterling[/b]
[b]Johnny Walker vs. Zhang Mingyang[/b]
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