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Fight Card
UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Rountree Jr
Jul 25, 2026 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- 1light heavyweight MainMagomed AnkalaevvsKhalil Rountree Jr.
- 2bantamweightUmar NurmagomedovvsDavid Martinez
- 3heavyweightRizvan KunievvsTyrell Fortune
- 5Not linkedlight heavyweightMagomed TuchalovvsBrendson Ribeiro
- 6flyweightSteve ErcegvsRamazan Temirov
- 7welterweightIslam DulatovvsWellington Turman
- 8lightweightIsmael BonfimvsAxel Sola
- 9light heavyweightUran SatybaldievvsDustin Jacoby
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Other fights on this card · 7
Magomed Ankalaev vs Khalil Rountree Jr. Main event · light heavyweight Umar Nurmagomedov vs David Martinez bantamweight Rizvan Kuniev vs Tyrell Fortune heavyweight Steve Erceg vs Ramazan Temirov flyweight Islam Dulatov vs Wellington Turman welterweight Ismael Bonfim vs Axel Sola lightweight Uran Satybaldiev vs Dustin Jacoby light heavyweight
Tale of the tape
| 4-1-0 | UFC record | 3-3-0 |
| KO 0 · Sub 4 | Finishes | KO 0 · Sub 0 |
| +4 | Streak | +1 |
| 28 | Age | 31 |
| 6'6" 198 cm | Height | 6'1" 185 cm |
| 78" 198 cm | Reach | 74" 188 cm |
| Orthodox | Stance | Southpaw |
| 1594 | Global Elo | 1496 |
| 1545 | Elo rating | 1444 |
Valter Walker — Notable ▼
At a glance
- 4-fight UFC win streak
- Top 5 · heavyweightTakedowns per 15 Minutes
- 1Valter Walker5.74
- 2Jailton Almeida5.57
- 3Louie Sutherland4.95
- 4Curtis Blaydes4.64
- 5Karl Williams4.50
- Top 5 · heavyweightSubmission Attempts per 15 Min
- 1Valter Walker2.55
- 2Jailton Almeida1.64
- 3Tom Aspinall1.63
- 4Ryan Spann1.52
- 5Mario Pinto1.01
- Performance of the Night in last fight
Thomas Petersen — Notable ▼
Valter Walker — Striking profile
Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 47 landed total · career
Targets head · body · leg
51% Head
- Head 51%
- Body 17%
- Leg 32%
Positions distance · clinch · ground
70% Distance
- Distance 70%
- Clinch 11%
- Ground 19%
Thomas Petersen — Striking profile
Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 225 landed total · career
Targets head · body · leg
64% Head
- Head 64%
- Body 27%
- Leg 8%
Positions distance · clinch · ground
75% Distance
- Distance 75%
- Clinch 7%
- Ground 18%
Performance comparison
Career averages. Edge highlighted on the side that's better. = division average.
2.00
Top 5 · heavyweight
Strikes Landed per Minute
- 1Brando Pericic11.00
- 2Josh Hokit10.28
- 3Tom Aspinall8.07
- 4Ciryl Gane5.37
- 5Waldo Cortes Acosta5.18
div avg 4.16
52%
Top 5 · heavyweight
Striking Accuracy
- 1Louie Sutherland69%
- 2Tallison Teixeira67%
- 3Tom Aspinall67%
- 4Mario Pinto67%
- 5Josh Hokit64%
div avg 50%
2.85
Top 5 · heavyweight
Lowest Strikes Absorbed
- 1Jailton Almeida1.32
- 2Mario Pinto1.81
- 3Louie Sutherland2.03
- 4Alexandr Romanov2.13
- 5Marcus Buchecha2.15
div avg 4.13
43%
Top 5 · heavyweight
Striking Defense
- 1Tom Aspinall65%
- 2Ciryl Gane62%
- 3Mick Parkin60%
- 4Jhonata Diniz58%
- 5Brando Pericic58%
div avg 50%
5.74
Top 5 · heavyweight
Takedowns per 15 Minutes
- 1Valter Walker5.74
- 2Jailton Almeida5.57
- 3Louie Sutherland4.95
- 4Curtis Blaydes4.64
- 5Karl Williams4.50
div avg 1.53
69%
Top 5 · heavyweight
Takedown Accuracy
- 1Tom Aspinall100%
- 2Valter Walker69%
- 3Alexander Volkov63%
- 4Hamdy Abdelwahab63%
- 5Serghei Spivac59%
div avg 38%
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Top 5 · heavyweight
Takedown Defense
- 1Tom Aspinall100%
- 2Mario Pinto100%
- 3Karl Williams100%
- 4Hamdy Abdelwahab100%
- 5Martin Buday93%
div avg 72%
2.55
Top 5 · heavyweight
Submission Attempts per 15 Min
- 1Valter Walker2.55
- 2Jailton Almeida1.64
- 3Tom Aspinall1.63
- 4Ryan Spann1.52
- 5Mario Pinto1.01
div avg 0.42
8
Top 5 · heavyweight
Control Time per 15 Minutes
- 1Jailton Almeida10.49
- 2Louie Sutherland10.23
- 3Valter Walker8.40
- 4Alexandr Romanov7.32
- 5Mario Pinto7.05
div avg 3
Finish & durability
How each tends to win, against how hard the other is to finish.
Valter Walker
100% finish rate
KO 0 · Sub 4
can finish?
Thomas Petersen
finished 67%
2 of 3 losses
Thomas Petersen
0% finish rate
KO 0 · Sub 0
can finish?
Valter Walker
finished 0%
never finished
Strength of schedule in UFC
Thomas Petersen has faced the tougher recent slate — last-5 avg 1531 vs 1491, 0 quality wins to 0.
Valter Walker red corner
Avg opp Elo (last 5)
1491
Developing slate Quality wins (1600+)
0
of 4 UFC wins
Toughest win
Kennedy Nzechukwu
Elo 1562 at fight time
Expected wins
2.6
+1.4 above schedule
Opponent Elo over career
· 5 fights
1420 1500
Thomas Petersen blue corner
Avg opp Elo (last 5)
1531
UFC level Quality wins (1600+)
0
of 3 UFC wins
Toughest win
Mohammed Usman
Elo 1548 at fight time
Expected wins
2.7
+0.3 above schedule
Opponent Elo over career
· 6 fights
1497 1529
Common opponents
1 shared opponent · Corner A's result on the left, Corner B's on the right.
Corner A recent form
Valter Walker
- Oct 25, 2025
- Jul 12, 2025
- Feb 15, 2025
- Aug 17, 2024
- Apr 6, 2024
Corner B recent form
Thomas Petersen
- Apr 4, 2026
- Oct 11, 2025
- May 3, 2025
- Feb 1, 2025
- Jul 20, 2024
Source
Per-fighter stats and bout records from
Valter Walker & Thomas Petersen on UFCStats. Honest Elo Meter samples each fighter's rating uncertainty (1,000 Monte Carlo iterations). Data analysis, not betting advice.
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