Alexander Volkanovski and Chan Sung Jun, a.k.a. "The Korean Zombie," will fight in the main event of UFC 273 for the UFC featherweight championship.
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The main fight in UFC 273 is coming out of Jacksonville right now features not one, but two title fights. After Max Holloway withdrew out of the main event due to injury, Chan Sung Jung (17-6-0) takes against Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski (23-1-0) in the main event. Volkanovski has a 20-fight winning run under his belt and has previously successfully defended his championship twice.
Zombie is a fan favorite in the UFC, and he showed his confidence by telling reporters during the UFC 273 media day that he doesn’t see Volkanovski knocking him out by any chance. Now we just have to wait and see what will go of the match. But, here definitely Volkanski has more chances of winning as the badass Aussie has been proving himself constantly.
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The rest of the bill is jam-packed with great fights, including Aljamain Sterling (23-1-0) vs. Petr Yan in the co-main Bantamweight title battle (16-2-0). It’s a rematch from their UFC 259 fight, in which Sterling prevailed when Yan was disqualified for delivering an illegal knee.
Fights going to be interesting as the main card also have one rising star and many eyes are on him. It is Chimaev vs Burns and many are looking for this main event as well. This UFC 273 is way too action packed.
On Saturday 9 April, the early prelims will begin at 11.15pm BST (3.15pm PT, 5.15pm CT, 6.15pm ET), followed by the prelims at 1am BST (5pm PT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET) on Sunday 10 April. The main card begins at 3 a.m. BST (7pm PT, 9pm CT, 10pm ET).
The card will air live on BT Sport in the UK, with the broadcaster’s app and website also streaming the fights.
In India, SonyLiv will stream it live.
In the US, ESPN+ will stream the action live, as will the UFC’s Fight Pass.
Stephen Thompson declines the quick turnaround fight and wants Usman next.
