Walker’s Finish and Sterling’s Shutout Led Shanghai’s
UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang took place on August 23, 2025, at Shanghai Indoor Stadium in China. Johnny Walker stopped Zhang Mingyang in the light heavyweight main event, while Aljamain Sterling earned a unanimous decision over Brian Ortega in the five-round co-main event.
The final two bouts produced different kinds of victories
Walker’s technical knockout arrived at 2:37 of the second round. The Brazilian’s victory closed the event with a finish against the Chinese contender, whose recent run had been built around early stoppages.
Sterling’s matchup with Ortega instead went the entire twenty-five minutes. All three judges returned 50–45 scores for Sterling in a contest held at a 153-pound catchweight.
Established contenders added clear decisions
Sergei Pavlovich defeated Waldo Cortes-Acosta over three rounds, taking scores of 30–27, 29–28 and 29–28. The heavyweight result gave Pavlovich another decision victory against a rising opponent.
Sumudaerji also swept the judges’ cards, defeating Kevin Borjas by three scores of 30–27. Earlier on the main card, Taiyilake Nueraji stopped Kiefer Crosbie at 3:33 of the first round.
The preliminaries supplied several fast finishes
Kyle Daukaus knocked out Michel Pereira in forty-three seconds, and Yi Zha finished Westin Wilson in thirty-seven seconds. Charles Johnson added a second-round knockout of Lone’er Kavanagh at 4:35.
The event combined those abrupt endings with full-distance contests across several divisions. Gauge Young and Rongzhu both earned unanimous lightweight decisions, while Uran Satybaldiev opened the card with a first-round Ezekiel-choke submission of Diyar Nurgozhay.
Sources
- UFC: event date, venue and bout outcomes
- UFC: main-card scores and finishing times
- UFC: preliminary-card outcomes
- UFC: Sterling-Ortega catchweight
