Johnny Walker has lofty dreams involving UFC gold following UFC 283 victory

Johnny Walker is taking pictures for the celebs following his UFC 283 win over Paul Craig.

Walker and Craig shared the Octagon in the primary card opener for UFC 283 this previous Saturday night time. Craig hoped to rebound following a unanimous resolution loss to Volkan Oezdemir, however Walker wasn’t focused on that plan. As a substitute, Walker has been attempting to get again to his profitable methods and has now made it two victories in a row. He stopped Craig via first-round TKO.

Chatting with reporters throughout the UFC 283 post-fight press convention, Walker stated that he appears in direction of former UFC “Champ-Champ” Daniel Cormier for inspiration to win UFC gold in two weight lessons (h/t MMAJunkie).

“He’s champ-champ – two belts. Come on. That’s my dream, as nicely, and this man did it,” Walker informed reporters on the UFC 283 post-fight press convention. “I need to be on his stage at some point. I need to be a superb wrestler, enhance all of my expertise, as a result of I need to be there. I need to be able to do what he did.

“I do know it’s an enormous factor to do. He’s a particular fighter and a motivation not only for me, however everybody else. He’s an enormous, huge motivation, and I need to do what he did.”

Johnny Walker additionally mentioned the importance of the win over Craig, who completed newly minted UFC Mild Heavyweight Champion Jamahal Hill and Magomed Ankalaev. Walker believes the win over Craig proves he’s gotten higher and is evolving. He stated that each bout he’s getting a greater opponent.