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February 18, 2022
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your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. It has all the earmarks of a last-man-standing match in
the topsy-turvy
Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight division.
Johnny
Walker tipped the scales at 206 pounds for his five-round
battle with Jamahal
Hill (205) in the
UFC Fight Night 201 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in
Las Vegas. The eight other fighters slated for main-card duty also
met their contracted weight requirements at Friday’s official
weigh-in, including Kyle
Daukaus (193.5) and Jamie
Pickett (194)—the two men booked opposite one another in the
catchweight co-feature. One lone fighter missed weight: Gabriel
Benitez (148), who passed the featherweight limit by two
pounds, and he has been fined 30% of his purse as a result.
Walker remains a person of intrigue due to his natural charisma and
chaotic fighting style. The 6-foot-5 Brazilian has secured 17 of
his 18 career victories by knockout, technical knockout or
submission, six of them inside one minute. Walker, 29, has not set
foot inside the Octagon since he dropped a five-round unanimous
decision to Thiago
Santos at UFC Fight Night 193 in October. He sports a 4-3
record in the UFC.
A 2019 graduate of Dana White’s Contender Series, Hill, who imbibed
a shoe filled with water after weighing in on Friday morning,
carries a 3-1 mark with one no contest through five UFC
appearances. The 30-year-old Chicago native last competed at UFC on
ESPN 31, where he wiped out Jimmy Crute
with punches a mere 48 seconds into their Dec. 4 pairing. Hill held
the KnockOut Promotions light heavyweight title prior to his
arrival in the UFC.
UFC Fight Night “Walker vs. Hill” will stream to ESPN+ in its
entirety, with the main card set for 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT and the
seven-fight undercard scheduled for 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.
UFC Fight Night 201 Weigh-In Results:
Johnny
Walker (206) vs. Jamahal
Hill (205)
Kyle
Daukaus (193.5) vs. Jamie
Pickett (194)
Parker
Porter (263) vs. Alan Baudot
(256)
Jim
Miller (156) vs. Nikolas
Motta (154.5)
Joaquin
Buckley (183) vs. Abdul
Razak Alhassan (186)
Gabriel
Benitez (148)* vs. David Onama
(144.5)
Jessica-Rose
Clark (135.5) vs. Stephanie
Egger (135)
Chas
Skelly (146) vs. Mark
Striegl (145)
Diana
Belbita (116) vs. Gloria de
Paula (115.5)
Jesse
Strader (135) vs. Chad
Anheliger (135)
Jonathan
Pearce (145.5) vs. Christian
Rodriguez (146)
Mario
Bautista (135.5) vs. Jay Perrin
(136)
* Benitez missed weight by two pounds and has been fined 30% of
his purse.
