Veteran light heavyweight contender, Johnny Walker looks to snap his three-fight winless run in the new year — officially booking a showdown with surging Russian challenger, Bogdan Guskov at UFC 311 in Los Angeles, California on January 18.
Walker, who retains the number ten rank at the light heavyweight limit, has been sidelined since he featured at UFC Fight Night Saudi Arabia earlier this summer, dropping a knockout defeat to former title challenger, Volkan Oezdemir.
As for Guskov, the current number fourteen rated contender has won his last two fights consecutively, most recently taking out Ryan Spann with a knockout win — having dropped a submission loss to common-foe, Oezdemir in his Octagon debut fight.