Johns vs Walker

Who won Johns vs Walker?

Elijah Johns beat Alfred Walker by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of LFA 176, on Friday 9th February 2024 at Arizona Financial Theatre in Phoenix.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Elijah Johns.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Johns vs Walker stats

Elijah Johns stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Alfred Walker made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Elijah Johns' LFA record stood at 8-3-0, while Alfred Walker's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Walker had a large advantage in power over Johns, boasting a 55% knock out percentage over Johns' 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Walker had an advantage over Johns, with a 18% submission rate over Johns' 0%.

Elijah Johns was the younger man by 37 years, at years old.

Johns had a height advantage of 1 inch over Walker.

Johns was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 5 years and 2 months later than Walker, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 7 less professional rounds, 34 to Walker's 41.

Johns vs Walker form

Elijah Johns had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Javier Garcia at LFA 163 on 21st July 2023 by submission in the 2nd round in their LFA Featherweight championship fight at Bell County Expo Center, Belton, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Masuto Kawana at LFA 138 on 5th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Grand Hotel Casino & Resort, Shawnee.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Brandon Phillips at LFA 121 on 14th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Factory in Deep Ellum, Dallas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Bruno Souza at LFA 102 on 19th March 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Grand Casino Hotel & Resort, Shawnee.

He had defeated Luke Faultersack at LFA 93 on 16th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Hartman Arena, Park City.

Activity check

Johns' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Johns vs Walker?

Elijah Johns was a 4/9 (-230) favourite going into the contest, while Alfred Walker made his way into the ring at 33/20 (+170) with oddsmakers.