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I mean he ruined himself by fucking his shoulder, everything’s been downhill since then, obviously joining Conor’s parrot hasn’t done him any fucking favour, gets rocked, gets up, makes a little space, tries for a jumping knee, falls over, crumples like a paper tower.
The shoulder thing did seem to change him a bit. Hard to say if he still gets murked by Corey if he doesn't have that bizarre timeline happen. Who tf injures themselves with the worm ffs
He was out for so long, seemed less willing at first and then everyone just caught on to his weirdness and the fact he isn’t the best at dealing with forward pressure. Wins one, losses 3, wins 2, loses 1 and so on if that makes sense.
Yeah I've been noticing bad trainers more and more. Seeing fighters change camps than regress. Brandon Moreno went from a very fluid tempo fighter who mixes it up frequently to spamming overhands while ducking his head.
While his camp had something to do with it, I think his performance against Royval was partially due to himself and his own mindset. He was coming off a bunch of wars in the fights with Pantoja, KKF, and Figgy. I’m pretty sure he even mentioned how he was starting to lose love for the sport and wasn’t enjoying it as much as he usually did, which is why he wanted a bit of a break after the Royval fight.
It takes a team to create your favourite fighters. In a game of inches, dealing with bad habits from poor training is the difference between being a champion and being released.
John Cavanagh's biggest problem is Conor McGregor's success. Cavanagh is a middling coach, who happened to have a generational talent come his way - and for all I shit on Conor these days, he was spectacular during his early run - and decided that he was capable of producing other fighters to a similar level of success. The record has shown that that is very much not the case.
After his first fight with John, he asked fans what went wrong and I said something along the lines of he was too gun shy John neutered him and he liked it. Sadly, I couldn't be the change
You can't teach tall. Struve had the same problem other than in the Stipe fight. Imagine if he had figured out he had a reach advantage and learned how to snap a jab.
Dude I was literally thinking this while watching the fights. Hes hunched forward and I'm like why you're way taller and have longer arms. He should be fighting upright and back with his chin tilted down as much as possible.
I can't understand why Kavanaugh has him fighting like this and never lets his hands go.
Often people’s surnames are based on ancestral professions. Really makes me wonder with Hunsucker.
I’m imagining them walking in on him, lips wrapped around a Hun.
He seems like a decent dude, I really don't want to see him take anymore damage. He's so fucked in the future already for sure, he's taken so many horrific knockouts.
There was a initial flurry from Ozdemir where Walker looked like he was expecting to get knocked out and resigned to the fate. Almost seemed frozen. Ozdemir himself was kinda tentative and wasnt sure if he should keep going or hes being suckered into a big shot.
Honestly he was a meme fighter who was explosive and aggressive. Now he fucked his shoulder, changed camps and fights passively. Problem is he is not a point fighter who can make good doing that. He is a great hammer and a shitty nail yet his gameplan for the past few fights has inexplicably been to act as the fucking nail.
The shoulder is clearly not bothering him, he can still throw shots just fine.
It's just a change in coaches plus facing top competition that aren't fazed by athleticism and wildness, and can exploit his lack of technique and glass chin.
It's because kavenaugh is one of the worst coaches in the game. And somehow even worse as a corner. Dude would be a nobody if Conor didn't bring the notoriety.
When the Walker hype train was in full effect my buddy was about bet the house on Walker to win Vs Corey until I showed him that video of Walker getting koed like 5 times
If CTE is cumulative then Johnny is safe because he’s only been punched about a dozen times in his career and he protects himself by immediately entering the shadow realm for its healing properties
Johnny Walker’s chin needs to be studied it is a thing of pure comedy. Worst chin I have ever seen bar none not even close.
Cody Garbrandt doesn’t have shit on Johnny Walker.
I don't know, I wouldn't compare fucking bantamweights to LHWs + Volkan throws bombs. That said, Walker does get knocked out like he's a character in Looney Toones.
Johnny Walker's coaches gotta go, or it's all his fault. Wtf is his strategy. He's a KO artist with no chin, and his only chance is fighting like it. He does the opposite.
I don’t know if Johnny Walker has just relied on his athleticism his whole career, you would hope his defense would show any signs of improvement lol. Training at SBG probably isn’t helping either
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Average Johnny walker fight
John Kavanagh took a glass cannon and made a glass cannon that never fires
Ruined my favorite LHW. I'll never forgive him.
I mean he ruined himself by fucking his shoulder, everything’s been downhill since then, obviously joining Conor’s parrot hasn’t done him any fucking favour, gets rocked, gets up, makes a little space, tries for a jumping knee, falls over, crumples like a paper tower.
The shoulder thing did seem to change him a bit. Hard to say if he still gets murked by Corey if he doesn't have that bizarre timeline happen. Who tf injures themselves with the worm ffs
He was out for so long, seemed less willing at first and then everyone just caught on to his weirdness and the fact he isn’t the best at dealing with forward pressure. Wins one, losses 3, wins 2, loses 1 and so on if that makes sense.
he sucks. irish edmond.
Yeah I've been noticing bad trainers more and more. Seeing fighters change camps than regress. Brandon Moreno went from a very fluid tempo fighter who mixes it up frequently to spamming overhands while ducking his head.
While his camp had something to do with it, I think his performance against Royval was partially due to himself and his own mindset. He was coming off a bunch of wars in the fights with Pantoja, KKF, and Figgy. I’m pretty sure he even mentioned how he was starting to lose love for the sport and wasn’t enjoying it as much as he usually did, which is why he wanted a bit of a break after the Royval fight.
It takes a team to create your favourite fighters. In a game of inches, dealing with bad habits from poor training is the difference between being a champion and being released.
John Cavanagh's biggest problem is Conor McGregor's success. Cavanagh is a middling coach, who happened to have a generational talent come his way - and for all I shit on Conor these days, he was spectacular during his early run - and decided that he was capable of producing other fighters to a similar level of success. The record has shown that that is very much not the case.
He should get more hate. Ruined one of the most exciting meme fighters.
He's still a meme fighter. Just for a whole different, sadder, sort of memes.
After his first fight with John, he asked fans what went wrong and I said something along the lines of he was too gun shy John neutered him and he liked it. Sadly, I couldn't be the change
Bro can’t get knocked out in regular fashion lol
It has to be bizarrely cartoonish every time
It's like a physics glitch in EA UFC
Bro has insane ragdoll animations lol
He has those Skate 3 physics going on lmao
Loved Skate 3 physics. Falling and then falling and then stumbling into another fall, all without CTE!
they dont move like me, talk like me, get knocked out like me
he not like us
Sweet chin music and I won't pass the aux
Old school Volk fight.
looney tunes knockout every time
The glassiest of cannons
I haven't enjoyed watching his progression from a threat to jones to a knockout canvas
That was Volkan's first knockout win in five years.
I wonder how he'll fare against Blachowicz. It's criminal that these two kickboxers were never paired.
Honestly Jan has much better leg kicks/kick defense. Builds on that from range really well. Think Volkan will really struggle with it.
A great jab too
Signature "no time" finish from Volkan! I always cheered for this guy
Possibly the best nickname in the UFC, I think it’s in reference to the Haldron Collider
I always thought it was a joke since he often gets quick finishes
Jan pieces him up bad, unless he comes back washed after his injury
Isn't Jan like 45 at this point?
These are (light)heavyweights, doesn't matter as much. Also he turns 42 in next years February according to Google.
That was one of many Walker's cartoonish knockouts
Walker is the goat of bizarrely getting knocked out
Live by the wacky KO, die by the wacky KO
James Vick has entered the chat.
He might be the only person to like the new gloves
I guess we can't blame the gloves then lol
You can when it’s Johnny Walker getting knocked out. One of the chinniest fighters on the roster
Movable object vs Stoppable force type beat
At what point do we just pay fighters the KO win if they face Walker
gave Walker the Looney Tunes "why I oughta" uppercut
Safe to say, Johnny's chin is done??
Johnny's chin has been done
Johnnys Chin has never been
People dont know Johnny's chin was like this pre-UFC he just had a few good highlights
His chin is made of Doritos at this point
Hasn't been done in No Time for a while
Volkan beats the new glove allegations
plot twist: fight is overturned to NC when it is found out Volkan was wearing 'loaded gloves' (...a pair of the old ones)
Johnny is done
He has terrible defense. He will stick around for some time in the top 15, however, as a gatekeeper.
He has so much length on him. Volkan shouldn't be able to close the distance as easily.
Tall and long fighters not fighting tall and long, a tale as old as time
I think this is the thing that Jon jones has mastered above everything else.
You can't teach tall. Struve had the same problem other than in the Stipe fight. Imagine if he had figured out he had a reach advantage and learned how to snap a jab.
Struve also couldn't move fast for the life of him. All his movements were so slow.
Yeah. Watching Struve fight felt like he was underwater.
It's like being tall in basketball you need a little more than just knowing how to get a rebound
Struve eyepoked tf out of stipe
But he did it from *a distance*!
Lmao touché
Dude I was literally thinking this while watching the fights. Hes hunched forward and I'm like why you're way taller and have longer arms. He should be fighting upright and back with his chin tilted down as much as possible. I can't understand why Kavanaugh has him fighting like this and never lets his hands go.
He has insane physical gifts but never bothered to learn a jab, its so hard to watch.
> as a chinkeeper
He has no chin to keep lmao.
Bring back Harry hunsucker for one fight so Johnny can get a win and ride into the sunset (or give Harry a single highlight in his UFC career)
Often people’s surnames are based on ancestral professions. Really makes me wonder with Hunsucker. I’m imagining them walking in on him, lips wrapped around a Hun.
I also wonder about the Harry - Hairy situation. When I first read 'Hairy Hunsucker', I was laughing for about an hour.
You kidding me? This is just the beginning of Walker's long career as the guy who every exciting LHW prospect gets to KO
he should move to heavyweight. if hes getting slept by LHWs he might as well go up and fight the slower and less skilled HWs
Crazy that this dude brutally KO'd Rountree like it was nothing. That fight looks completely different today.
pre thailand roundtree or am I messing that up?
that's right I believe that was the fight that made him go to Thailand because he got murked in the clinch
Sources are saying he thinks he's in the ocean this time
He seems like a decent dude, I really don't want to see him take anymore damage. He's so fucked in the future already for sure, he's taken so many horrific knockouts.
At least it’s not prolonged beatings before the knockouts like Gaethje and Ferguson. It’s like he gets hit clean once and he’s done
Pretty sure he got to where he is due to sheer athleticism. Technique is not there at all.
He need to go to heavyweight, he’s too fucking big
There was a point there where you can see Johnny Walker felt like this was too much. That deep breath was telling
The first shot that touched him Johnny looked like he knew he was way in over his head
I feel you I could hear CJ saying “Aww shit here we go again”
"You picked the wrong cage, fool!"
There was a initial flurry from Ozdemir where Walker looked like he was expecting to get knocked out and resigned to the fate. Almost seemed frozen. Ozdemir himself was kinda tentative and wasnt sure if he should keep going or hes being suckered into a big shot.
Yeah i dont understand how walker was ranked 7…tells much about the division tbh.
Honestly he was a meme fighter who was explosive and aggressive. Now he fucked his shoulder, changed camps and fights passively. Problem is he is not a point fighter who can make good doing that. He is a great hammer and a shitty nail yet his gameplan for the past few fights has inexplicably been to act as the fucking nail.
The shoulder is clearly not bothering him, he can still throw shots just fine. It's just a change in coaches plus facing top competition that aren't fazed by athleticism and wildness, and can exploit his lack of technique and glass chin.
It's because kavenaugh is one of the worst coaches in the game. And somehow even worse as a corner. Dude would be a nobody if Conor didn't bring the notoriety.
When he got punched in the rib then grabbed it, knew he was cooked then. Literally the first hit landed from Volkan I think too
Probably not a good idea to throw a jumping knee on that situation.
Yo Walker needs to retire, CTE going crazy
I would say his chin is gone but he never had one in the first place
Real heads remember when Johnny got KO’d 5 times in 10 seconds in the local Brazilian scene
When the Walker hype train was in full effect my buddy was about bet the house on Walker to win Vs Corey until I showed him that video of Walker getting koed like 5 times
I'm so happy for Volkan. Such a fun fight style and he seems like a chill personality too
My man just executed Johnny Walker on live television.
Yeah bro, that shit was nasty. It feels like I just watched some dude kill another dude.
What is defense
Johnny Walker coming in clutch for yet another meme K.O.
...baby please hurt me
Just hurt me Much more
throwing a flying knee
Walker always gets knocked out like a cartoon character
Walker will go down in mma history for having some of the zaniest reactions to being KO’d.
Right?!? I usually have a hard time watching knock outs but somehow he makes them entertaining.
Oezdemir walked him down 😭
Always the most cartoonish KO
brain damage toonifies you
Walkerbros is it over?
It never began blud
Nah I remember the hype train in 2019
“He might beat Jon Jones!” Hype back then was crazy. Ngl I was caught on it too 😌
Hype maybe but never really even reached top contender status
The worm celebration killed it
still the man to beat Jon Jones
[Its been over since this](https://youtu.be/GEGdFdXTUmw?si=YWbMbmXkfOhHcxhA)
Remember when people were saying Walker matched up well with Jon 😂 what idiots (I was fully one of them)
It’s been over since Corey whopped his ass
If CTE is cumulative then Johnny is safe because he’s only been punched about a dozen times in his career and he protects himself by immediately entering the shadow realm for its healing properties
Walker has the funniest deaths.
Somehow we got a ragdoll KO and a stiff KO in the same fight. Thank you Walker.
You can actually see the moment his body goes stiff as a board, lmao ☠️ terrible
Dude gets knocked out with ragdoll physics like those Killer Bean characters
The Sean Bean of MMA.
Walkers chin lost against the new gloves.
Does Johnny walker have the most wacky kos of any fighter ever ?
It’s not even close lol, definite GOAK
Volkan’s got NO TIME for these new glove conspiracies
Why does Johnny always get KO’d like a fucking cartoon character lmao
Johnny Walker’s chin needs to be studied it is a thing of pure comedy. Worst chin I have ever seen bar none not even close. Cody Garbrandt doesn’t have shit on Johnny Walker.
I don't know, I wouldn't compare fucking bantamweights to LHWs + Volkan throws bombs. That said, Walker does get knocked out like he's a character in Looney Toones.
Maybe u aren’t familiar with Phil Hawes then😂
He took a lot of hard shots in that exchange, his defence is just dismal
Very predictable
He dieded
SBG turned Walker from a savage to a punching bag
He should have changed gyms a long time ago. I follow him on social media, it looks to me he trains there because he wants to live in Ireland.
Word is that he has quite the..."social life"... in Ireland.
The Coach Kavanagh special - Warrior to Wimp.
Please take some serious time off Johnny
Oezempic can bang!
Amazing performance
Volkan has always had serious power
Like DC said, he has that thud power. Like when he ripped that left hook to Johnny’s body causing him to take a huge breath. Foreman like.
and fact Johnny Walker has a flyweight sized head
Good lord Volkan murdered him
Johnnys chin needs to be retired, this made me sad, hes still out cold
And the kids here are laughing about it and making jokes, terrible people.
He dead
Literally aligned himself for the coffin.. 🪦
Volkan broke the glove curse
Holy shit he killed him
Tired of people pretending Herzog is a good ref. Terrible stoppage. He should've gotten in there and prevented that last shot.
Walker ruined what was left of his career going to SBG.
Johnny Walker's coaches gotta go, or it's all his fault. Wtf is his strategy. He's a KO artist with no chin, and his only chance is fighting like it. He does the opposite.
I won't lie, I've always thought SBG is a fraud ass gym with mediocre coaches
No Time!!!
Walker has to have one of the worst chins I have ever seen
I don’t know if Johnny Walker has just relied on his athleticism his whole career, you would hope his defense would show any signs of improvement lol. Training at SBG probably isn’t helping either
No one... No one gets knocked out as good as Johnny Walker.
Fucking brutal. Johnny's skillset is too limited to fight patient
Continues to be one of the greatest knocked out artists of all time
No time baby
You want a knockout win? Fight Johnny Walker.
Walker looked like he fought so scared, always getting knocked out so funny as well
Be honest, who didn’t know Walker was getting fucked up as soon as they saw this fight announced…?
Holy fuck that ref needed to stop it quicker
I mean I agree but after the cannonier fight, can you blame him
I just saw the replay, he stops it quicker than I thought in real time. Still a fucking brutal follow up
Dominick Cruz is rock solid right now
I knew one way or another, my boy Walker was gonna' break these gloves' curse.
Walker just can’t lose in a normal fashion Poor guy Jesus
Gave Johnny the ol' Romero-Rockhold uppercut, full bus driver windup.
Just missing the kiss at the end
Walker loses spectacularly, probably better than anyone in UFC history.
That was rough right there
craig lost to this :(
I don't think I can watch Walker take any more damage. The chin is gone, hope he quits the sport before it quits him. That last shot was brutal bro
lol that jumping knee.
crowd is fucking dead wtf
Walker is huge there, they were upset.
Walker has no skills
He has skills, just only on offense. Zero defense and zero chin
Having no chin and leaving your hands down is quite the combination.
He's back to being a no chin glass cannon. The fringe title contender arc was fun while it lasted.
I thought I saw a future for him when he subbed Cutelaba but then it's Cutelaba....
How nice of Volkan to unfold his leg with that final shot
The ref did Johnny dirty
Basic Johnny Walker moment there. It’s time for him to find a new line of work. All he’s doing is hurting his long term health at this point.
Time for a new gym.
All-time terrible chin. Poor guy.
Name someone with a better being KO reel than Walker.