LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 14: (L-R) Opponents Don’Story Mayes Valter Walker of Brazil throughout the UFC Combat Evening weigh-in on the Palace Station Lodge & On line casino on February 14, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
Heavyweight motion at UFC Vegas 102 discovered Brazil’s Don’Story Mayes paired up with Brazilian Valter Walker early on the preliminary card.
Walker, brother of widespread UFC mild heavyweight Johnny Walker, was in search of his second straight win contained in the octagon. Mayes for his half had misplaced his final outing, shedding a call to Shamil Gaziev final August.
Valter Walker began the struggle with a stage change and speedy takedown. That gave Valter tons of time to work, and he wound up going after a heel hook. Mayes didn’t appear to have a lot of a solution on the bottom, and easily couldn’t defend the place or pull his leg free. Holding out for a bit, he was left with no selection however to faucet, giving Valter Walker the heel hook submission win! Considerably extremely, that’s Walker’s second straight heel hook submission, as he put away Junior Tafa with the identical submission again in August.
In his post-fight interview with Walker, UFC analyst and broadcaster Daniel Cormier famous that Walker had predicted one other submission win forward of the bout. The Brazilian was clearly fired up, and appears to have put a debut loss to Łukasz Brzeski effectively behind him.
Official End result: Valter Walker def. Don’Story Mayes by submission (heel hook), Spherical 1, 1:17
