UFC Shanghai Post-Fight Show | Reaction To Johnny Walker's Stunning Upset, Aljamain Sterling's Dominance

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🗓️ 23 August 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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The UFC's return to Shanghai is officially in the books, and the event ended with Johnny Walker pulling off a big upset in the main event, and a former bantamweight champion making a case for a title shot in a second division. Where do both fighters go from their big wins? Following Saturday's UFC Shanghai event, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and E. Casey Leydon react to the card, Walker's stunning second-round TKO win over Zhang Mingyang, Walker's callout of Jan Blachowicz, and discuss what could be next for Zhang after suffering his first UFC loss. Additionally, topics include Aljamain Sterling's lopsided win over Brian Ortega in the co-main event, where Sterling is in the title conversation, if we just saw Ortega's final fight in the UFC, other standout moments, and much more. Follow Mike Heck: ⁠@m_heckjr⁠ Follow E. Casey Leydon: ⁠@ekc Subscribe:⁠ http://goo.gl/dYpsgH⁠ Check out our full video catalog: ⁠http://goo.gl/u8VvLi⁠ Visit our playlists:⁠ http://goo.gl/eFhsvM⁠ Like MMAF on Facebook: ⁠http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z⁠ Follow on Twitter: ⁠http://goo.gl/nOATUI⁠ Read More: ⁠http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:18.0	Good morning.
0:20.5	Good morning, Good morning.
0:21.5	M.A. Fighting community.
0:25.1	Yes, you're reading that right.
0:27.1	It says post show.
0:29.3	UFC Shanghai is done.
0:31.2	You have the rest of your Saturday to do whatever you want.
0:33.9	But right now, let's talk about what we just watched at UFC Shanghai. The victory
0:39.5	horns are sounding for Johnny Walker. Shocking. Gets the second round TKO win with a just absolutely
0:48.2	nasty cap kick. Gets it done. Mingyang Zhang has lost his first fight in a super long time.
0:56.4	Yang went to the second round for the first time in seven years, and it paid dividends.
1:01.6	And then the co-made event, Al Jardely, just absolutely wrecked Brian Ortega in a fight that was not competitive at all.
1:09.2	And kind of not that interesting once it started.
1:13.1	I mean, it's just kind of a weird fight for being honest.
1:16.0	The whole main card was kind of weird.
1:18.2	It started off with a pretty vicious finish and it ended in a pretty nasty finish.
1:23.3	But everything in the middle there, miles may vary.
1:27.2	But welcome for the Postbyte Show.
1:28.5	I'm Mike Keck.
1:29.0	And joining me, the baddestash at all of M.M.A.,
1:31.5	the chair swinging fool himself.
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