The UFC returns to China for the first time since 2019 for a Fight Night (6 a.m. ET; prelims at 3 a.m. ET on ESPN+) headlined by Zhang Mingyang , who has three first-round knockouts in his first three UFC bouts. His opponent, Johnny Walker , is the only other person in history to have won his first three UFC fights by first-round KO. But that was 2018-19. Since then, Walker has a 4-6-1 record that includes knockout losses in his past two outings. Zhang, a significant betting favorite, hasn't lost an MMA fight since October 2019.

The co-main event features two top-10 featherweights in ESPN's divisional rankings, Brian Ortega and Aljamain Sterling . Both fighters are good on the ground -- each has four wins by submission since 2015.

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