{"id":304463,"date":"2019-03-04T20:15:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T04:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=304463"},"modified":"2019-03-04T20:15:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T04:15:30","slug":"johnny-walker-provides-shoulder-update-hopes-for-alexander-gustafsson-bout-next-in-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/johnny-walker-provides-shoulder-update-hopes-for-alexander-gustafsson-bout-next-in-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Walker provides shoulder update, hopes for Alexander Gustafsson bout next in Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At UFC 235, we were treated to awesome performances aplenty. Two of which were brought to us by light heavyweights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While one of those belonged to the division&#8217;s champion, Jon Jones, the other was the rising star from Brazil, the 6-foot-6 highlight machine, Johnny Walker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walker made a quick turnaround to take on Misha Cirkunov after knocking out Justin Ledet in 15 seconds at UFC Fortaleza in early February. Walker would go on to pick up <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-235-prelim-results-and-highlights\/\">another quick win by finishing Cirkunov via flying knee knockout in just 36 seconds<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately for the former male stripper, he would injure himself when celebrating his victory as he went to do &#8216;the worm&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, ESPN&#8217;s Ariel Helwani has confirmed with Walker&#8217;s manager that the injury isn&#8217;t severe and he even has an idea for his next fight already in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Johnny Walker just got his MRI results back. Per his manager, he has a mild shoulder injury. He\u2019ll need four weeks of rehab. They\u2019re shooting for a return in May or June and are interested in fighting Alexander Gustafsson in Stockholm, his manager said.<\/p>&mdash; Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani\/status\/1102769533960491008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Johnny Walker just got his MRI results back. Per his manager, he has a mild shoulder injury. He\u2019ll need four weeks of rehab. They\u2019re shooting for a return in May or June and are interested in fighting Alexander Gustafsson in Stockholm, his manager said.&#8221; Helwani tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, the three-time title challenger, &#8216;The Mauler&#8217; Alexander Gustafsson is Sweden&#8217;s finest fighting son, so assuming he&#8217;ll fight at the UFC&#8217;s return to Stockholm on June 1 is no wild prediction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Walker, it would undeniably be his biggest fight to date and kind of an interesting choice by the Brazilian after saying earlier on Monday that he <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/fearless-johnny-walker-knows-he-can-give-jon-jones-a-proper-fight\/\">doesn&#8217;t think he&#8217;s ready for a title shot just yet<\/a> and thinks three or four fights prior would do the trick&#8230; And a potential win over Gustafsson obviously puts him right in line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gustafsson, on the other hand, will be looking to rebound in his next fight whoever that ends up coming against, after a second career loss to the champion in Jones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\"><em>BJPenn.com<\/em><\/a><em> on 2\/4\/2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At UFC 235, we were treated to awesome performances aplenty. 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