Zhang Mingyang suffered a second-round TKO loss to Johnny Walker in the co-main event of UFC Shanghai on Saturday. After Walker poorly shot for a takedown, Mingyang got on top of Walker and punished him with ground-and-pound. However, in the second round, Walker changed his strategy and started throwing calf kicks, which hurt Mingyang, resulting in him ending up on the canvas. Walker quickly followed up with elbows and ground-and-pound until the referee stopped the fight. In 7:37 of action, Mingyang landed 20 significant strikes. This was Mingyang's first loss in the promotion and his first MMA loss since 2019.

Johnny Walker got back in the win column by defeating Zhang Mingyang via second-round TKO in the main event of UFC Shanghai on Saturday. Walker started this fight terribly and was in real danger in the first round, but he turned things around in the second round. He hurt Mingyang with back-to-back calf kicks, that had Mingyang crumbling to canvas. Walker then punished Mingyang with elbows and ground-and-pound, forcing the referee to stop the fight. In 7:37 of action, Walker landed 50 significant strikes. This was a much-needed win for Walker, who was on a two-fight losing skid.

Former featherweight title challenger Brian Ortega dropped a unanimous decision loss to former bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling in the co-main event of UFC Shanghai on Saturday. Ortega was barely able to land any strikes at all in the first two rounds. He tried to push the pace, but it looked like he lost his energy in the fourth round. This fight was mostly on the feet, and Aljamain got the better of Ortega not only on the feet but on the ground as well. In 25 minutes of action, Ortega landed 55 significant strikes. Having lost back-to-back fights, Ortega is now 1-4 in his last five fights.

In Saturday's UFC Shanghai co-main event, former bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling got back in the win column by defeating former featherweight title challenger Brian Ortega via unanimous decision. It was a lopsided decision win for Sterling as he got the better of Ortega in the striking department as well as the grappling department. In 25 minutes of action, Sterling landed three takedowns and 124 significant strikes. After beating Ortega, Sterling called for his next title shot, but it might be a bit of a stretch for him to leap to title contention next, given that he lost to Movsar Evloev last December. With the win, Streling improved to 17-5 in the UFC.