“The hood claims you Johnny” – Brazilian UFC star casually drops N-word after claiming to be 22% African leaving MMA community in splits

Johnny Walker unveils the result of his genetic ancestry testing.

“The hood claims you Johnny” – Brazilian UFC star casually drops N-word after claiming to be 22% African leaving MMA community in splits

Johnny Walker reveals his ethnic backgrounds (via Instagram/Wikipedia)

Johnny Walker recently fought Magomed Ankalaev at UFC Fight Night 234. Although he lost the fight, he never went out of the spotlight among the fans. With his funny nature and humor, Walker remains a fan favorite. The Brazilian revealed he took an ancestry test and disclosed his results. The results shocked the fight fans.

In his latest X video, Johnny Walker unveiled getting a ’23 and me’ genetic test, which analyzed his ancestry. As such, he claimed to be from different ethnic backgrounds like Nigerian, Angolan & Congolese, Spanish and Portuguese, Italian, and Indigenous American. Further, he grouped them in terms of continents in the captions. Here is what he wrote:

My genetic test come back and this is what I am 22 % African, 72.6 European, 3.8 indigenous American, 0.7 western Asian. proud to be of all those nations
Johnny Walker via X
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Johnny Walker, who represented Brazil in his MMA career, was proud to be of different races. As such, he claimed Brazilians tend to have different ancestry due to their history of conquering different parts of the world. Further, since he also belonged to the African race, he casually dropped a racial slur in the video and also in the comments.

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As for his fighting career, Johnny Walker had his ups and downs in the UFC. He is currently 7-5 in the promotion and just lost his previous fight to Magomed Ankalaev. However, he looked confident in finding his way to the title soon.

Johnny Walker drops a racial slur after revealing his ethnicity

In his recent video on X, Johnny Walker revealed his ethnicity after undergoing an ancestry test. The test results claimed Walker to be 22% African, which included him being 3.3% Nigerian. A fan wrote, “What’s good my n***a?” This is what Walker wrote in reply:

My n***a it is all blessed.
Johnny Walker via X
Jonny Walker drops a racial slur after revealing his ancestry origins
Jonny Walker drops a racial slur after revealing his ancestry origins (via Yahoo Sports)

This received huge reactions from the fans. Further, when fans called him the N-word, he replied to them in the same manner. Soon, it became a hot topic in the comments. As such, here are some fan reactions:

Fans joined Johnny Walker and had fun commenting about it. As such, they didn’t get offended by the term. However, the N-word was still a contemptuous word due to its link to the history of racial discrimination.

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