First UFC card of 2024 hosts rematch of star who shoved ref after unlawful knee
UFC is again for 2024 and Johnny Walker might be hoping he solely has to struggle his opponents this 12 months.
Walker’s final struggle led to controversy as his bout with Magomed Ankalaev in Abu Dhabi was dominated a no contest. Walker was technically grounded when his rival landed an unlawful knee.
A health care provider deemed the Brazilian unable to proceed – although not that it appeared to matter to Walker. Official Dan Movahedi waved off the bout although Walker seemingly thought he was fantastic to proceed.
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The 21-7 fighter, who trains in Dublin, proceeded to shove Movahedi in an obvious bid to proceed. Security, medical professionals and even UFC president Dana White flooded the Octagon as Ankalaev additionally appeared up for the thought of battling on.
And now the 2 will get the prospect to satisfy once more with a rematch going down in Las Vegas on Saturday night time.
White had criticised the physician who referred to as off the preliminary struggle, saying: “The man’s inexperienced. I feel there’s quite a lot of issues that in all probability occurred.
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“I guess he asked him ‘where are you right now?’ and his response was ‘I’m in the desert.’ He’s not wrong.
“I feel there’s a giant language barrier in there between the 2 of them. Inexperience [from the doctor]. It sucks. It’s a type of issues that occur generally however we’ll make it proper and we’ll repair it.”
In the immediate aftermath of the first fight, Walker said: “I’m going to catch him again, God willing, as soon as possible. We’ve been negotiating to see if I can return and rematch him. I’m sure I’m going to send that guy to the moon.
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“There might be no speaking with that man. I’m going to mess him up, I’m going to tear via him and erase him from historical past, as a result of he’s a grimy man. I’m going to mess him up good.
“I’m p***** off. He hit me with an illegal knee. He should have been disqualified. I’m going to catch him. I’m going all out, no question about it. He has already seen the kind of animal I am.”
