Johnny Walker kisses KO’d rival before he is THROWN OUT of arena at UFC 279 with no shoes on after winning fight
JOHNNY WALKER was thrown out of the T-Mobile Arena after KISSING UFC rival Ion Cutelaba.
The light-heavyweight star had a night to remember in Las Vegas after submitting his Moldovan foe in the first round at UFC 279.
After Cutelaba tapped out from a rear-naked choke, Brazilian ace Walker decided the time was right to plant a kiss on his opponent, before doing the worm and dancing in the octagon.
Fans were loving it, as one Twitter user said: “Johnny Walker wins with a rear naked choke, gives Cutelaba a kiss on the cheek and does a worm. What a character.”
Another commented: “Johnny Walker made my night with that forehead kiss.”
A third added: “I f***ing love watching Johnny Walker fight. Choked dude out and gave him a kiss on the cheek.”
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Meanwhile this fan stated: “Johnny Walker kissed him goodnight lmfaoooo.”
Walker’s epic victory on the undercard of Nate Diaz’s win over Tony Ferguson saw him earn a $50,000 [£43k] performance bonus.
Speaking after the fight, he said: “Dana [White]… I need a bonus my friend.
“I’m getting better. I don’t just want to knock people out, I want to show I can finish people on the ground.
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“There’s no secret, there’s just two words… commitment and consistency.
“Without commitment you never start, and without consistency, you can’t finish.”
But Walker soon came crashing back down to Earth after he was CHUCKED OUT of the venue before the main event.
Walker’s coach John Kavanagh revealed that the MMA ace didn’t even have his SHOES when ejected.
Kavanagh, who also trains Conor McGregor, tweeted: “So UFC just came and kicked us out.
“No tickets for us and not allowed stay backstage to watch. Pulled out back door, kicked out, no even shoes on.”
He then uploaded a video on social media, where he remarked: “So here we are back at the hotel. Johnny still doesn’t have any shoes on. Didn’t get a chance to get changed.”
Walker chimed in: “They kicked me back to the hotel like ‘You win the fight, go back to the hotel motherf*****. I didn’t take my gloves off!”
Even UFC president Dana White had no idea why Walker was ejected.
Asked about the incident in the post-show press conference, where he said: “I guess since Covid they do this thing where they get fighters right out of here.
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“I don’t know why that happened. We’re not throwing Johnny Walker out on the street shoeless, I’m sure.
“We threw him right out on the f***ing streets, huh? It’s rough around here! I dunno.”