Johnny Walker: Jon Jones is "afraid of losing to a stranger"

Johnny Walker is tired of waiting. In fact, he is so eager to return that he fights for both light and heavy fights.

The 205-pound Brazilian impressed the MMA world with three spectacular knockouts in less than four months, stopping Khalil Rountree, Justin Ledet and Misha Cirkunov in a combined time of 2:48 before getting injured in the shoulder during the post-fight celebration.

Walker was aiming for a return to the Octagon around the month of September, but wishes to "beat someone" as quickly as possible.

"My target is the champion, so I will fight with anyone, no matter," Walker told MMA Fighting. "I have no preference. I have to overtake someone to go (at the waist), so I'm mad. Whoever they bring is good.

"I do not want to sound arrogant, but my goal is much bigger than that. People will say that I am arrogant, that I am talking about hitting everyone. Dude, my goal is to be a champion, so I have to beat those guys first.

Jon Jones is Walker's target in the light heavyweight division right now. "Bones" successfully defended its UFC belt with a split decision victory over Thiago Santos at UFC 239 in Las Vegas on July 6th. Walker was there tonight and did not think Jones played his best in the cage.

"I think it can do a lot better than that," Walker said. "He must absolutely do more against me, otherwise I will knock him out in the first round."

"I think" Marreta "was a big challenge," he said. "But" Marreta "was injured in the first round." Jones is the champion and would obviously win if the scorecards were won, so I think he pulled the foot off the throttle and the fight went on. Was unrolled as you saw it. "

Walker scored the match for Jones to watch it live at the T-Mobile Arena, but in the end, all he could think was to get inside this octagon with him.

"I was thinking of going and challenging him," said Walker laughing. "But there were so many cops in every corner of this octagon."

If Jones fights this way against Walker "it will only last one lap," said the Brazilian, "but he will not fight that way.I know he is able to do five rounds of Action with me This will be the best fight of the year, it's up to him, however, I'm 100% ready. "

A few days after his win over Santos, Jones went on social media and asked fans who he should "get rid of" then. When a fan mentioned Walker's name, Jones did not think it was a good idea.

"Well, he's right," Walker said. "I still have not done much (at the UFC). But there are not many guys who would throw me a big challenge. I do not have to climb into the top 5. People talk too much shit, man. People say I do not have jiu-jitsu, I do not have a fight. They say I have to fight a wrestler. The last wrestler I fought lasted five seconds. I am ready for him and I know that I would be a big challenge. I think he's afraid of losing to a stranger. "

If the fight against Jones does not happen anytime soon – and the UFC does not find a light heavyweight eager to share the cage with Walker -, the Brazilian is ready to switch to the heavyweight to test his hands against the One of the most feared fighters in MMA today.

"It's like impressing fans by defeating Francis Ngannou. He is a machine, "said Walker. "He impressed a lot of people with his punching power, the way he ends his fights. People are afraid to fight it. I'm not afraid to fight him. We have the same striking power. I did the test at the UFC Performance Institute. I had just undergone an operation and I almost made the same number of people, so I have the same power, if not more. I can certainly defeat him. "

"I think I'll have to fight two more times before I fight (Jones), so I'll get things done in every division," he said. "If they need a fight against the heavyweights, I'm leaving. I do not choose opponents. I will fight no matter who. I do not care if it's a top 10, a top 20, a top 2. It's just an ordinary human being who will be beaten the same way. "

Walker's goal for the future is clear: he wants to follow Daniel Cormier's path to double gold at the UFC.

"It's going to happen, it's my plan," Walker said, "I want two belts, it's not" if ", it's" when. "I came here to do the story. That's what I do in life.I have chosen to do this for a living.If I were an engineer or a Formula 1 driver, I would like to be # 1. I am a fighter and I want to be the greatest of all time. "