The UFC’s gentle heavyweight division is getting some new blood on Saturday evening.
After placing collectively a 6-0 run on the regional scene, together with 5 first-round finishes and a 100% end charge, New Haven, Connecticut native Julius Walker is ready to make his UFC debut when the promotion heads again to Seattle for a loaded Struggle Night time card inside Local weather Pledge Area.
Talking with Calf Kick Sports activities forward of his promotional premiere in ‘Emerald Metropolis,’ Walker revealed that he was truly getting ready for a heavyweight battle earlier than getting the decision to drop all the way down to 205 for a conflict with knockout artist Alonzo Menifield.
“Jason messaged me and was like, ‘Hey, are you able to make 205 subsequent weekend?’ Realizing that I already had a battle scheduled and him saying that, I used to be like, ‘Oh, that’s the UFC.’ So I instantly responded and mentioned, ‘Yep, I certain can. I’ll discover a manner. I don’t care.’
“You understand, I used to be presupposed to be preventing at heavyweight, so I had truly been type of making an attempt to keep up just a little bit—I used to be making an attempt to remain round 235 for my heavyweight battle,” Walker revealed
Walker Shocked to seek out out he’s on the UFC Seattle Important Card
Including to the thrill of his massive UFC debut was the information that he would kick off the night’s predominant card.
“Holy crap I’m on the principle card,” Walker wrote on X after studying of the information. “Didn’t anticipate that.”
The UFC’s return to Seattle will probably be headlined by a high-stakes bantamweight conflict between top-10-ranked contenders Henry Cejudo and Track Yadong.
Triple C’ will probably be on the lookout for his first win contained in the Octagon since Could 2020. Cejudo walked away from the game for 3 years earlier than returning at UFC 288 and arising quick towards then-bantamweight titleholder Aljamain Sterling. He adopted that up with one other resolution loss, this time towards eventual 135-pound champ Merab Dvalishvili.
For Track Yadong, a win over Cejudo would undoubtedly be the largest victory of his MMA profession to this point and get him again into the win column after falling to Petr Yan at UFC 299.
Within the co-main occasion is an enormous middleweight matchup as Brendan ‘All In’ Allen squares off with fan favourite Aaron ‘Fluffy’ Hernandez.
