UFC Vegas 124: Johnny Walker stuns Waldo Cortes-Acosta for second straight win at heavyweight

Johnny Walker is looking mighty comfortable at heavyweight.

The UFC veteran notched his second straight win since moving up from his old home of light heavyweight, taking out Waldo Cortes-Acosta via third-round KO on Saturday at UFC Vegas 124. The end came suddenly, with Walker leveling Cortes-Acosta with a hard right.

Check out complete UFC Vegas 124 results and highlights below.

Main card

Heavyweight: Johnny Walker def. Waldo Cortes-Acosta via TKO at 2:27 of R3 | Watch finish

Women’s strawweight: Tatiana Suarez def. Virna Jandiroba via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Bantamweight: Elijah Smith def. Davey Grant via KO (right hand) at 1:00 of R1 | Watch finish

Light heavyweight: Lucas Fernando def. Billy Elekana via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Women’s bantamweight: Nina Milosevic def. Priscila Cachoeira via TKO (strikes) at 3:40 of R2 | Watch finish

Flyweight: Mitch Raposo def. Marcos Degli via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Preliminary card

Featherweight: Ollie Schmid def. Keiichiro Nakamura via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Heavyweight: Thomas Petersen def. Gabriel Lorenco via TKO (strikes) at 4:47 of R3 | Watch finish

Women’s flyweight: Karina Silva def. Gabriella Fernandes via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Featherweight: Murtazali Magomedov def. Jose Delano via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Featherweight: Austin Bashi def. Carlos Calderson via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:01 of R1 | Watch finish

Middleweight: Andre Petroski def. Mantas Kondratavičius via TKO (strikes) at 4:39 of R2 | Watch finish

Welterweight: Seokhyeon Ko def. Wellington Turman via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Welterweigh: Jose Souza def. Jonny Parsons via TKO (uppercut) at 4:16 of R1 | Watch finish