UFC FN: Walker vs Zhang (Predictions)

UFC Fight Night returns to Shanghai Indoor Stadium this Saturday, August 23, with the main card beginning at 3:00 AM PDT. The event is headlined by a light heavyweight showdown between Johnny Walker and Zhang Mingyang, promising an explosive clash in front of an electric crowd.

If you enjoy chaos served piping hot, Johnny Walker has you covered. He fights like someone left a blender running— unpredictable, messy, but occasionally producing something incredible. Across from him stands Zhang Mingyang, who skips the preamble and goes straight to lights-out mode. All three of his UFC bouts have ended in first-round finishes, and he’s not exactly the “let’s feel each other out” type. You’ve got a man who’s been knocked out twice in a row fighting a man who specializes in delivering knockouts. Sounds safe, right?
The co-main event? A grappler’s fever dream versus a submission artist’s day off. Brian Ortega, whose jiu-jitsu is silkier than a tailor’s best tie, meets Aljamain Sterling, a former champ who just might turn every clinch into a trap door. This isn’t so much striker vs. grappler as it is “who makes the first mistake and gets folded up like a lawn chair.”
Elsewhere on the card, Sergei Pavlovich and Waldo Cortes-Acosta will try to see whose chin survives longer, and honestly, the judges might not even get their coats off before that one’s over. The whole lineup is a roller coaster that doesn’t believe in brakes—blink and you’ll miss the carnage.
Here are our official fight predictions for the card.
- Walker vs. Zhang = Zhang ❌
- Ortega vs. Sterling = Sterling ✔️
- Pavlovich vs. Cortes-Acosta = Pavlovich ✔️
- Sumudaerji vs. Borjas = Sumudaerji ✔️
- Nueraji vs. Crosbie = Nueraji ✔️
- Maheshate vs. Young = Young ✔️
- Kavanagh vs. Johnson = Kavanagh ❌
- Rongzhu vs. Hubbard = Rongzhu ✔️
- Pereira vs. Daukaus = Daukaus ✔️
- Yizha vs. Wilson = Yizha ✔️
- Long vs. You = Long ❌
- Satybaldiev vs. Nurgozhay = Nurgozhay ❌