Johnny Walker loses two positions in the light heavyweight rankings after defeat to Jamahal Hill

J. Walker (left) was brutalized by J. Hill (right) in the UFC Las Vegas 48. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram

Previously considered one of the top prospects in the light heavyweight division (up to 93 kg), Johnny Walker UFC is going through a bad time. With the defeat to Jamahal hill last Saturday (19), the Brazilian fighter suffered the fourth setback in the last five fights and, as a result, lost two positions in the division's ranking and now occupies twelfth place in the top 15.

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Johnny Walker exchanged positions precisely with his executioner in the UFC Las Vegas 48, Jamahal hill. With the knockout in the first round, which resulted in his second consecutive victory and the third in the last four fights, the North American reached tenth place in the light heavyweight division.

The exchange of positions between Johnny Walker e Jamahal hill in the light heavyweight division it was the only movement promoted by the UFC in the latest update of the official rankings, carried out this Tuesday morning (22).

Johnny Walker He is one of three Brazilians in the top 15 light heavyweights. Walker's penultimate tormentor in the UFC, Thiago Marreta occupies fifth place and has an important fight scheduled against the Russian Magomed Ankalayev, sixth place. At the top of the list, as division champion is the veteran Glover Teixeira, who defends the belt for the first time against the Czech Jiri Prochazka, second in the ranking, in the UFC 274in May.