UFC 273 On ESPN+ PPV [4/9 @ 10et] “Deep Waters In The River City” (Volkanovski/Zombie, Yan/Sterling)

[THEREALBRAND]

Event: UFC 273: “Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie”
Date: Sat., April 9, 2022
Location: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida
Broadcast: ESPN+ PPV, ESPN, ESPN+ (6 p.m. ET Prelims | 10 p.m. ET Main Card)


UFC 273 PPV Main Event on ESPN+:
145 lbs.: UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski vs. “Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung

UFC 273 PPV Main Card on ESPN+(10 p.m. ET):
135 lbs.: UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling vs. Interim Bantamweight Titleholder Petr Yan
170 lbs.: Gilbert Burns vs. Khamzat Chimaev
115 lbs.: Mackenzie Dern vs. Tecia Torres
185 lbs.: Kelvin Gastelum vs. Dricus Du Plessis — CANCELED
265 lbs.: Aleksei Oleinik vs. Jared Vanderaa

UFC 273 ‘Prelims’ Under Card on ESPN/ESPN+ (8 p.m. ET):
135 lbs.: Raquel Pennington vs. Aspen Ladd
170 lbs.: Ian Garry vs. Darian Weeks
185 lbs.: Anthony Hernandez vs. Josh Fremd (not Dricus Du Plessis)
265 lbs.: Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Marcin Tybura

UFC 273 Early ‘Prelims’ on ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass (6:15 p.m. ET):
170 lbs.: Mickey Gall vs. Mike Malott
135 lbs.: Julio Arce vs. Daniel Santos
155 lbs.: Mark Madsen vs. Vinc Pichel
115 lbs.: Kay Hansen vs. Piera Rodriguez

 

[Strapped]

Saturday should be good

 

[Strapped]

Yan is gonna murder Sterling

 

[YoNoSe]

Great card. Looking forward to the Burns-Chimaev fight

 

[KingOFKings]

Is this main event really a PPV main event and will it be competitive? I know the second last fight will be good for sure.

Just wondering, I know Korean Zombie is popular yet 3 losses in his last 7…with a win against an ancient Edgar included, and he gets a title shot? Am I missing something.

The more I’ve been diving into MMA again these days the more I realize the recycling of fighters and lack of overall depth in the sport. The UFC does a hell of a job in marketing though.

 

[DillaTUDE]

 

[ChuckTaylor84]

Is this main event really a PPV main event and will it be competitive? I know the second last fight will be good for sure.

Just wondering, I know Korean Zombie is popular yet 3 losses in his last 7…with a win against an ancient Edgar included, and he gets a title shot? Am I missing something.

The more I’ve been diving into MMA again these days the more I realize the recycling of fighters and lack of overall depth in the sport. The UFC does a hell of a job in marketing though.

Basically Volk cherry picked Korean Zombie for the easy bag, since he's washed. His last four opponents were Ortega, Holloway 2X and Aldo. Those were some hard fights so I feel the UFC did him a favor since more than likely a third fight with Holloway is next for him.

 

[killacal]

Chimaev is gonna smoke burnsidk who voted for burns

 

[Afro]

Yan is gonna murder Sterling

Knock em down, get em tired.

Bro, he did that to YOU Sterling

 

[aceboon]

Basically Volk cherry picked Korean Zombie for the easy bag, since he's washed. His last four opponents were Ortega, Holloway 2X and Aldo. Those were some hard fights so I feel the UFC did him a favor since more than likely a third fight with Holloway is next for him.

He didn't cherry pick shyt, Holloway got injured so KZ was the highest ranked fill-in that would make sense.

 

[aceboon]

If Chimaev washes Burns then I will be fully on board the hype, Jingliang was one of the easiest fights he could have to get him ranked near the top 10, dude got mauled by Magny.

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

He's good, but damn dudes be clearly wanting to fukk Khamzat.

 

[ChuckTaylor84]

He didn't cherry pick shyt, Holloway got injured so KZ was the highest ranked fill-in that would make sense.

Calvin Katter is ranked higher, has more wins and knockouts. Same amount of fights in the UFC as KZ and never been knocked out.

 

[aceboon]

Calvin Katter is ranked higher, has more wins and knockouts. Same amount of fights in the UFC as KZ and never been knocked out.

Ranked 1 spot behind KZ and fought Giga on 1/15, 4 days after Volk vs Korean Zombie was announced. You want a 3rd attempt at this or were you just not aware that KZ was an injury replacement?

 

[ChuckTaylor84]

Ranked 1 spot behind KZ and fought Giga on 1/15, 4 days after Volk vs Korean Zombie was announced. You want a 3rd attempt at this or were you just not aware that KZ was an injury replacement?

I'm aware he was the injury replacement. I'm saying if he wanted a tougher fight he could have gone with Katter.