Media Update from Johnny Walker: will not retire

[AldoStillGoat]

Looks sharp, alive, no signs of cte and says he will come back stronger

 

[PhilMcCavity]

Johnny walker fights out of Ireland now… a country with a few good boxing gyms. Please someone teach him some boxing fundamentals before he dies in the ring. No one wants to see that he’s a likeable guy. Please.

 

[GolovKing]

I don't know who takes more naps at this point Johnny Walker or his baby?

 

[RonDante]

There’s no reason why he should retire, legitimately, if overeem can get knocked out like 20 plus times in his k1 and mma career without people screaming for him to retire then a guy who has been chinny his entire career can do whatever the F he wants

 

[Corrado Soprano]

The UFC needs to make Walker vs Tony Ferguson, loser retires. Winner also retires.

 

[Arm Barbarian]

He for sure is going to have CTE at some point.

He has been short circuited so many times, and this latest one was a full shadface coma up against the fence. He was out for a good while.

 

[PhilMcCavity]

He for sure is going to have CTE at some point.

He has been short circuited so many times, and this latest one was a full shadface coma up against the fence. He was out for a good while.

He seems like he was born with cte.

 

[HuskySamoan]

There’s no reason why he should retire, legitimately, if overeem can get knocked out like 20 plus times in his k1 and mma career without people screaming for him to retire then a guy who has been chinny his entire career can do whatever the F he wants

It really varies from person to person, this isn't a safe statement. Some guys get rocked hard in sparring once, have concussion symptoms for months and just retire all the time. I think they've been studying the genetics behind CTE and onset dementia etc from head trauma and it looks like there's genetic precursors for some people and others, not so much. Regardless I think with guys like Tony Ferguson and Bigfoot we are literally going to see Chris Benoit type stories in a decade or two from now and feel really bad. Phil Baroni might have already been one of them.

Look what happened to Gerald McClellan. Just takes one bad night. I'm not saying Johnny Walker should retire but I'd love to know how many times he's been floored in sparring and...if you have a fighter with such a bad chin and loose defense that's been KOd 6 times by 32...as a coach maybe it's time to have an ethical conversation.

 

[witt1021]

hell yeah! just bleed walker!

 

[AldoStillGoat]

It really varies from person to person, this isn't a safe statement. Some guys get rocked hard in sparring once, have concussion symptoms for months and just retire all the time. I think they've been studying the genetics behind CTE and onset dementia etc from head trauma and it looks like there's genetic precursors for some people and others, not so much. Regardless I think with guys like Tony Ferguson and Bigfoot we are literally going to see Chris Benoit type stories in a decade or two from now and feel really bad. Phil Baroni might have already been one of them.

Look what happened to Gerald McClellan. Just takes one bad night. I'm not saying Johnny Walker should retire but I'd love to know how many times he's been floored in sparring and...if you have a fighter with such a bad chin and loose defense that's been KOd 6 times by 32...as a coach maybe it's time to have an ethical conversation.

CTE can be managed with lifestyle interventions but the people with CTE are often too uneducated or lacking in resources to be able to effectively manage it.

 

[ryun253]

He for sure is going to have CTE at some point.

He has been short circuited so many times, and this latest one was a full shadface coma up against the fence. He was out for a good while.

I wonder what's worse for CTE getting knocked out often with pretty much single blows (Overeem/Walker) or being unable to get knocked out & take more punishment (Tony Ferguson/ Diaz bros, etc)

 

[Leonard Haid]

Looks sharp, alive, no signs of cte and says he will come back stronger

He looks sharp and alive because that photo was taken before the fight.

 

[Wormwood]

Looks sharp, alive, no signs of cte and says he will come back stronger

Except he said he’ll “beck better, stronger…” whatever that means

 

[AfroBanana]

Meh he was just on a three fight win streak before this.

He got KO’ed by Ankalaev before this. The 3 fight win streak was prior to that.

 

[justmark]

Meh he was just on a three fight win streak before this.

He has won zero fights in his last 3 fights. LOL.

 

[OldBoy91]

No signs of CTE lol.

Effects of CTE start to show much later. Fighters are often warned to be vigilant for a decade post retirement.

If you don't have any effects of CTE by that time, you are generally safe.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

He got KO’ed by Ankalaev before this. The 3 fight win streak was prior to that.

thanks post deleted.

 

[BluntForceTrama]

Send in the cooler

 

[HNIC215]

I'd rather have a regular 9-5 than be a hundred "thousandaire" and get KO'd fight after fight.

 

[OldBoy91]

I wonder what's worse for CTE getting knocked out often with pretty much single blows (Overeem/Walker) or being unable to get knocked out & take more punishment (Tony Ferguson/ Diaz bros, etc)

The latter.

Most brain trauma comes from sparring. Especially sparring in headgear. Constant smaller hits for years are much more damaging long term than a single, big hit that puts the lights out.

However, when your lights start to go out often, like with Walker, its generally a sign that the brain has already endured too much and shuts everything down ASAP as a last ditch effort to protect you.

Most of the guys with bad CTE issues from MMA had great chins for most of their careers and weren't really known for being knocked out.

Chuck Liddell, Spencer Fisher, Nam Phan, Benson Henderson sounds like he might be in the early stages too.