{"id":399211,"date":"2026-01-09T22:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T22:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/399211\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T22:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T22:30:09","slug":"valter-walker-set-to-face-23-time-octagon-veteran-at-ufc-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/399211\/","title":{"rendered":"Valter Walker set to face 23-time octagon veteran at UFC Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Valter Walker faces his most experienced opponent yet when he returns to the octagon at UFC Seattle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">MMA Fighting confirmed with sources with knowledge of the matchup that Walker (15-1) is set to fight Marcin Tybura (27-10) in a heavyweight bout on March 28 at Climate Pledge Arena. The matchup was first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-paramount-plus-news-hub-fight-cards-schedule\/413469\/fight-news-valter-walker-vs-marcin-tybura-booked-for-ufc-seattle-on-march-28?utm_campaign=dhtwitter&amp;utm_content=%3Cmedia_url%3E&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Mania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Walker is on a roll since suffering his first career loss in April 2024, becoming the first fighter to ever score four consecutive first-round heel hook finishes in promotion history by taking out Junior Tafa, Don\u2019Tale Mayes, Kennedy Nzechukwu and Louie Sutherland in a span of 14 months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tybura, ranked No. 14 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/rankings\/464487\/mmaf-year-end-divisional-rankings-who-were-the-biggest-movers-and-shakers-of-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Fighting Global Rankings<\/a>, looks to get back on track after a quick knockout defeat to Ante Delija in his most recent bout. The loss snapped a winning streak over previously unbeaten Jhonata Diniz and Mick Parkin and dropped Tybura\u2019s promotional record to 14-9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The UFC is yet to announce the headlining attraction for UFC Seattle. Previously confirmed for the lineup is a bout between former flyweight champion Alexa Grasso and Maycee Barber.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Valter Walker faces his most experienced opponent yet when he returns to the octagon at UFC Seattle. MMA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82,640,702],"class_list":{"0":"post-399211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-ufc","14":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}