UFC 273: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie live results and highlights

UFC 273: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie live results and highlights.

The eagerly anticipated UFC 273 card brings two exciting championship match-ups with it, including the main event featherweight title showdown between defending champion Alexander Volkanovski and “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung.

This will mark Volkanovsi’s third defense of the title that he claimed by defeating Max Holloway at UFC 245. Volkanovski beat Holloway controversially in a rematch at UFC 251 and most recently scored a unanimous decision over Brian Ortega at UFC 266 in September.

Volkanovski was originally booked to have a rubber match with Holloway in tonight’s title bout, but Holloway pulled out one day after the fight’s announcement due to injury.

Volkanovski is unbeaten in the UFC and his sole loss in professional MMA came all the way back in his fourth fight in May 2013.

A fan favorite for his high resilience and exciting fights, Jung has won four of six since his return from military service in 2017. He most recently fought at UFC Vegas 29 in June 2021, defeating Dan Ige via unanimous decision.

Jung has received one featherweight title shot previously, filling in on short in a fourth-round TKO loss to Jose Aldo at UFC 163 in August 2013.

Perhaps the most anticipated fight of the evening, however, is the bantamweight championship rematch between Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan in the co-main event.

The two first met at UFC 259 in March 2021, a fight Yan, the then-champion, was winning easily before landing an illegal knee to the head of a grounded Sterling. Sterling was left unable to continue and became the first fighter in UFC history to win a championship on a disqualification.

Since then, the two have had a heated rivalry, with Yan accusing Sterling of playing up the injury and being afraid to defend the gold.

Yan and Sterling were originally booked for a rematch at UFC 267 in October, but Sterling withdrew due to lingering neck issues. That event instead saw Yan defeat Cory Sandhagen to win the interim bantamweight championship.

The rest of the card is topped by another fan-favorite showdown featuring welterweights Gilbert Burns and Khamzat Chimaev.

Main Card (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)

Alexander Volkanovski vs. Chan Sung Jung

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Aljamain Sterling vs. Petr Yan

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Gilbert Burns vs. Khamzat Chimaev

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Mackenzie Dern vs. Tecia Torres

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Vinc Pichel vs. Mark Madsen

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Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)

Ian Garry vs. Darian Weeks

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Anthony Hernandez vs. Josh Frend

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Aspen Ladd vs. Raquel Pennington

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Mickey Gall vs. Mike Malott

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Early Prelim Card (ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT)

Alexey Oleynik vs. Jared Vanderaa

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Piera Rodriguez vs. Kay Hansen

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Julio Arce vs. Daniel Santos

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UFC 273: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie takes place on Saturday, April 9, 2022, live from the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, FL. Follow along with FanSided MMA for all your news and highlights.

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