Valter Walker apologises to brother Johnny: 'I'm sorry, my brother, if I offend you'

The UFC heavyweight said in an Instagram video that his remark about Johnny's wife was meant to motivate him, after Johnny said the jokes had hurt his family.

By Combat Sports UK Staff · Published Wed 11 Nov, 00:37 UK · AI-assisted reporting

Valter Walker speaking in his Instagram video apologising to his brother Johnny — Valter Walker on Instagram

Valter Walker has apologised to his brother Johnny Walker in a video on Instagram, after Johnny said Valter's online jokes about his wife and mother had hurt his family.

"Just for make things clear, I'm sorry, my brother, if I offend you," Valter said at the end of the video. "Let's f*cking go, Walker forever." He captioned the post: "I want to be a better man."

Valter confirmed two of the remarks Johnny had listed. He said he did call Johnny's son "Big Head", because he believes the boy will one day be a great fighter, and that he had told Johnny his wife would leave him for another man if he lost his fight in China. "It's true, but I always try motivation my brother and that work, he win the fight in China," he said. "I know him, he's my brother, I know my own blood."

He said sorry to Johnny's wife if his words had offended her. Of his remarks about Johnny's mother, he said: "I don't tell this like that." He finished by calling Johnny "the future champion of heavyweight, inshallah".

Johnny told The Ariel Helwani Show that since his fight in China, Valter "talks so much bad things about my mom and my wife online", and that his wife does not want Valter at their home in Las Vegas. Asked whether his brother was apologetic, he said: "It's a little bit, bro, but I don't know."

The two UFC heavyweights share a father but have different mothers. Valter was not in Johnny's corner when he stopped Waldo Cortes-Acosta in the third round of the UFC Vegas 124 main event in Las Vegas on Saturday.

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