Johnny Walker reveals he recently took Francis Ngannou uppercut in sparring

"I got a clean uppercut [from Ngannou] last week, and f-k, heavy handed, bro, crazy... It's better to mix [powerful and technical sparring partners]. It depends where you are in the camp. In the beginning of the camp you can get hurt, there's no problem, you have time to heal. In the end of the camp, like right now, I have two weeks and a half. Now I have to be very careful and train with guys more technical and easy because all hard work is done."

Johnny Walker is preparing for his fight against Dominick Reyes at UFC 327. He trains at Xtreme Couture and recently sparred with Francis Ngannou. Walker believes in mixing powerful and technical sparring partners depending on the training camp phase. Early in the camp, he accepts getting hit hard, but as the fight approaches, he focuses on sparring with more technical partners to avoid injury. Walker is coming off a win against Mingyang Zhang and aims to maintain his momentum.

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