Johnny Walker admits Octagon rust slowed him early but he recovered to score a brutal second-round TKO over Zhang Mingyang at UFC Shanghai.

Johnny Walker ended a skid of two straight knockout losses by scoring a shocking knockout of his own in a comeback win against Chinese light heavyweight Zhang Mingyang in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Shanghai.

For all of the hype surrounding first-round knockout artist and Chinese light heavyweight prospect Zhang Mingyang, all it took was a second-round rally from the always unpredictable Johnny Walker to provide a heat check during Saturday's UFC Fight Night main event in Shanghai.