UFC Fight Night 257 Walker vs Zhang

Date
Sat 23rd August 2025 (UTC)
Sat 23rd August 2025 (Local)

Timestamp
2025-08-23T11:00:00

Time

11:00:00 UTC (19:00:00 Local)

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League
UFC

Season
2025

Round
32

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Location
Shanghai Indoor Stadium

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Description

UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang (also known as UFC Fight Night 257 and UFC on ESPN+ 115) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 23, 2025, at the Shanghai Indoor Stadium in Shanghai, China.

Background
The event marked the promotion's second visit to Shanghai and first since UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum in November 2017. It was also the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic that the UFC has returned to Mainland China. The promotion was originally expected to make their return to the location at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutiérrez in December 2023, before moving that event to Las Vegas due to undisclosed reasons.

A light heavyweight bout between Johnny Walker and Zhang Mingyang headlined this event.

A catchweight bout between former UFC Featherweight Championship challenger Brian Ortega and former UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling took place in a five round co-headliner. Originally slated as a featherweight bout, it was changed to a catchweight of 153 pounds after reports that Ortega had complications during his weight cut.

Shi Ming and Bruna Brasil were expected to meet in a women's strawweight bout at the event. However, the pairing was pulled in order to serve as the featured bout of the Road to UFC Season 4 semifinals event a day earlier.

A welterweight bout between Song Kenan and Kiefer Crosbie was scheduled for this event. However, Song withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer Taiyilake Nueraji.

In addition, a middleweight bout between Michel Pereira and Marco Tulio was also scheduled for this event. However, Tulio withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by returning veteran Kyle Daukaus.

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Result List

01				Johnny Walker	WIN
01				Zhang Mingyang	LOSS

Result Description
Light Heavyweight Johnny Walker def. Zhang Mingyang TKO (leg kicks and punches) 2 2:37
Catchweight (153 lb) Aljamain Sterling def. Brian Ortega Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45) 5 5:00
Heavyweight Sergei Pavlovich def. Waldo Cortes-Acosta Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Flyweight Su Mudaerji def. Kevin Borjas Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Welterweight Taiyilake Nueraji def. Kiefer Crosbie TKO (elbows) 1 3:33
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Lightweight Gauge Young def. Maheshate Hayisaer Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Flyweight Charles Johnson def. Lone'er Kavanagh KO (punch) 2 4:35
Lightweight Rong Zhu def. Austin Hubbard Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Middleweight Kyle Daukaus def. Michel Pereira KO (punches and elbows) 1 0:43
Featherweight Yi Zha def. Westin Wilson KO (punches) 1 0:37
Bantamweight You Su-young def. Xiao Long Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Light Heavyweight Uran Satybaldiev def. Diyar Nurgozhay Submission (Ezekiel choke) 1 2:45

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