UFC returns to Jacksonville, Fla. with a world championship doubleheader that will see UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski defend against No. 4 ranked contender Chan Sung Jung. Also, UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling runs it back with interim titleholder Petr Yan. UFC 273: VOLKANOVSKI vs THE KOREAN ZOMBIE will take place Saturday, April 9 at
UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling is letting his haters hear it following his win over Petr Yan at UFC 273. Sterling went toe-to-toe with his biggest rival in the UFC 273 co-headliner. It was a competitive fight from start to finish, with Sterling earning a split-decision victory on the scorecards. However, Sterling aimed to do
It’s almost here – UFC 273 – tomorrow night, Saturday April 9th at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. In the main event UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski (23-1 MMA) will defend his title against No. 4-ranked contender Chan Sung Jung aka ‘The Korean Zombie’ (17-6 MMA). In the co-main event UFC bantamweight
Alexander Volkanovski put an absolute beating on “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung in the main event of UFC 273, a performance that unfortunately might have been overlooked amongst all the other topics coming out of this big card. At the post-fight press conference, Volkanovski made sure to point out that the level of domination
Petr Yan on UFC 273 loss: ‘I got robbed. I want a rematch’ | Video Former bantamweight champion Petr Yan was defeated by champion Aljamain Sterling in the UFC 273 co-main event in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday. The fight was a rematch and a title unification bout. Sterling captured the championship by defeating Yan at
Champ Aljamain Sterling shows his old stomping grounds. Gilbert Burns gets coached from Brazil. Korean Zombie embraces fight week. Champ Alexander Volkanovski admires steaks. Khamzat Chimaev arrives with teammate Darren Till. UFC 273 is Saturday, April 9. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital
Khamzat Chimaev spoke at UFC 273 media day about Kamaru Usman, Leon Edwards, Gilbert Burns, his status in the division, and more. Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Subscribe to The MMA Hour on iTunes: http://Apple.co/themmahour Subscribe to The MMA Hour on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0NUQhyUeYQcbtHOV10qmbb Subscribe to MMA Fighting feed on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mma-fighting/id320642139 Check out
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2:34 AM ET Alexander Volkanovski said he felt better than ever. He said his self-belief was at an all-time high. He said he would stop Chan Sung Jung. And so it proved on Saturday night in Jacksonville. The Australian turned in a thoroughly dominant display, feeding Jung with a series of heavy shots to the
For the first time in his career, Khamzat Chimaev looked vulnerable in a fight after a three-round war against Gilbert Burns at UFC 273. While the undefeated welterweight eventually walked away with a win, Chimaev had to battle through some dangerous moments, and he blamed himself for getting put in those positions by failing to
Swanson, in control of the round, began to swing wildly, fighting with a more relaxed style with hands down as opposed to the more technical Choi, whose counterpunches rocked Swanson during each exchange. Swanson closed the final 45 seconds of the round by connecting on numerous punches and a spinning backfist that sent Choi to
UFC President Dana White is changing his tune about a potential fight between Nate Diaz and Dustin Poirier. Talk of a Dustin Poirier vs. Nate Diaz money fight has been running sporadically for three years, with the two initially slated to meet at UFC 230 in 2018. After that fight fell through, both fighters went
It will be Kay Hansen (7-5 MMA) vs Piera Rodriguez (7-0 MMA) in the women’s strawweight bout at UFC 273 tomorrow night, Saturday April 9th at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. However, at the weigh-ins today, Kay Hansen missed making her weight for the fight. Hansen weighed in at 118.5 pounds and
Khamzat Chimaev burst into the top five of the welterweight division with a victory over Gilbert Burns at UFC 273, but it wasn’t as easy as some expected it to be. Plenty of people weren’t giving Gilbert Burns a chance to beat the heavily hyped Khamzat, but in the end it took the judges swaying
UFC 273 Official Scorecard: Aljamain Sterling vs. Petr Yan 2 The first fight between Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan ended in controversy after Yan delivered an illegal knee that rendered Sterling unable to continue at UFC 259 in March 2021. Yan lost the bantamweight championship due to the infraction and Sterling became the first fighter
6:30 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Chan Sung Jung knows this might be his last chance. “The Korean Zombie” first challenged for the UFC featherweight title in 2013. On Saturday, Jung will be back with a chance at the belt against champion Alexander Volkanovski in the main event of UFC 273 at VyStar Veterans Memorial
MMA Fighting has UFC 273 results for the Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie fight card, live blogs of the entire main card, and live UFC 273 Twitter updates. In the main event, Alexander Volkanovski will defend his UFC featherweight title against Chan Sung Jung, who is also known as the “Korean Zombie”. Aljamain Sterling will put
Gall has even started his own podcast – The MGGM Show – with buddy Gerard Michaels. But all good weather and podcasting aside, the reason for the move was the training, and with Henri Hooft and company, he’s getting plenty of it. “Coming to Sanford, the environment, the coaches, the cohesive unit the coaches have