# The One Man It Worked For

Source: https://fightstats.online/insights/valter-walker
Published: 2026-08-23

> Grappling spent a decade rebuilding itself around the heel hook and the UFC has seen twelve of them since 2015. Four belong to Valter Walker, who has won five fights here and won every one of them at the leg.

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Grappling spent a decade rebuilding itself around the heel hook and the UFC has seen twelve of them since 2015. Four belong to Valter Walker, who has won five fights here and won every one of them at the leg.

Valter Walker has won five fights in the UFC. Every one of them by attacking the leg.

Valter Walker has won five fights in the UFC. Every one of them by attacking the leg.

- All five in round one · none past 4:56
He lost his debut on the scorecards. But since then, nobody has taken him out of the first round. Four heel hooks, and a calf-slicer.

He lost his debut on the scorecards. But since then, nobody has taken him out of the first round. Four heel hooks, and a calf-slicer.

Men’s heel hooks since 2015

In the last decade, grappling has rebuilt itself around the heel hook. And in that time the UFC has seen twelve of them. Eight for every other fighter combined, four for Valter Walker. A third of them, achieved in under nine minutes.

In the last decade, grappling has rebuilt itself around the heel hook. And in that time the UFC has seen twelve of them. Eight for every other fighter combined, four for Valter Walker. A third of them, achieved in under nine minutes.

Only one other fighter has five. Rousimar Palhares. But that was mostly at middleweight. Valter Walker is a heavyweight, and he's six foot six.

Only one other fighter has five. Rousimar Palhares. But that was mostly at middleweight. Valter Walker is a heavyweight, and he's six foot six.

And it's not just the heel hook. In July, he landed a calf-slicer. The leg lock revolution never quite reached the UFC. Unless, your name is Valter Walker.

And it's not just the heel hook. In July, he landed a calf-slicer. The leg lock revolution never quite reached the UFC. Unless, your name is Valter Walker.

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Analysis and prose licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Underlying fight records sourced from ufcstats.com. Method: /data.