Overview
- Valter Walker publicly downplayed the hype around Josh Hokit and Gable Steveson and said he would gladly fight either of them next.
- Walker is a 28-year-old contender with a 15-1 record who has won his last four UFC fights by first-round heel-hook submission.
- Walker is scheduled to face Thomas Petersen at UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday, July 25, and said a win there should earn him a shot at one of the rising Americans.
- Josh Hokit is unbeaten at 10-0 with recent UFC wins over Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis, and Gable Steveson is an Olympic gold medalist who stopped Elisha Ellison in his UFC debut.
- No Walker vs. Hokit or Walker vs. Steveson bout has been booked yet, and the UFC’s matchmaking choice will determine whether Walker’s trash talk and submission streak become a promoted high‑profile fight.