UFC 273: Alexander Volkanovski vs The Korean Zombie – Timings, Fight Card, Live Stream & Venue
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The UFC’s fourth PPV offering of 2022, UFC 273, featuring two title fights, is almost upon us all. The main event will see Alexander Volkanovski look to defend his throne against a veteran fighter in The Korean Zombie aka Chan Sung Jung.
This matchup will serve as his second crack at the featherweight gold, as his previous attempt against Jose Aldo saw him losing the bout via KO/TKO in the fourth round at UFC 163.
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UFC 273: Complete fight card details
Originally, Volkanovski was slated to face the former champion, Max Holloway, in a trilogy. As ‘Blessed’ suffered an unfortunate injury, that bout was scrapped and ‘Zombie’ became the biggest beneficiary.
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Besides this massive fight, fans will witness the long-anticipated rematch between interim bantamweight champion Petr ‘No Mercy’ Yan against reigning bantamweight champion Aljamain “Funkmaster’ Sterling.
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In their previous outing in 2021 at UFC 259, Yan dropped the title to Sterling via DQ, due to an illegal knee strike to the head. Since then, while the master of the funk hasn’t competed inside the octagon; Yan made a return at UFC 267 and won the interim title against a formidable fighter in Cory Sandhagen.
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Another major highlight of the card will pit a veteran welterweight fighter and former title challenger, Gilbert Burns, against UFC upstart Khamzat ‘The Wolf’ Chimaev. After decimating 4 opponents in a dominant fashion, the Swedish prodigy will finally get his crack at a top fighter.
‘Borz’ has stated time and time again that he aims to become a dual weight champion. A win over ‘Durinho’ will definitely fast-track him to a fight against Kamaru Usman.
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Also, Mackenzie Dern will make her return to the octagon against Tecia Torres on the main card.
Sadly, due to visa issues, Kelvin Gastelum‘s bout against Nassourdine Imavov has been scrapped. Instead, he will now face Dricus Du Plessis in a middleweight match-up.
According to a report by MMA Junkie, UFC has worked out a new heavyweight matchup (Ilir Latifi vs Aleksei Oleinik). Here is what the UFC 273 card looks like according to the official website.
Main Card
- Alexander Volkanovski (Champion) vs. Chan Sung Jung (#4)– Featherweight title bout
- Aljamain Sterling(Champion) vs. Petr Yan (Interim Champion) – Bantamweight title bout
- Gilbert Burns vs. Khamzat Chimaev- Welterweight bout
- Mackenzie Dern vs. Tecia Torres- Women’s strawweight bout
- Ilir Latifi vs. Aleksei Oleinik- Heavyweight bout
- Kelvin Gastelum vs Dricus Du Plessis- Middleweight bout
Prelims
- Raquel Pennington vs. Aspen Ladd- Women’s Bantamweight bout
- Ian Garry vs. Darian Weeks- Welterweight bout
- Anthony Hernandez vs Josh Fremd- Middleweight bout
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Marcin Tybura Heavyweight bout
Early Prelims
- Mickey Gall vs. Mike Malott- Welterweight bout
- Julio Arce vs. Daniel Santos- Bantamweight bout
- Mark Madsen vs. Vinc Pichel- Lightweight bout
- Kay Hansen vs. Piera Rodriguez- Women’s Strawweight bout
UFC 273: Know the complete location, tickets, VIP arrangements, and more
UFC 273 will take place on American soil in Vystar Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, on April 9. According to the information provided by Ticketmaster, ticket prices for the event vary from $250 to $1000 for standard tickets.
Meanwhile, the best seats at the event could see you putting forward $1000+ to $5000. These premium platinum tickets will bring you closer to the octagon, and could also grant you a chance to sit alongside celebrities, UFC stars, and more.
UFC 273: Timings, Channels, and More
USA: American fans can watch the main event on ESPN+ at 7:00 pm PST, which will cost them $74.99. Meanwhile, the prelims and early prelims bouts can be viewed on the UFC Fight Pass.
Canada: Canadian fans can use TV networks like BELL, Rogers, Shaw, SaskTel, Videotron, Telus, Eastlink, for the main event alongside UFC Fight Pass. While prelim cards can be seen on TSN, RDS.
UK: BT Sport will offer the main card for the fight fans, which will begin around 3 am and prelims can be viewed on Fight Pass around 11:15 pm.
India: Indian fans can catch the main card on the Sony Ten network at 7:30 am. MMA fans can catch the rest of the card from 3:45 am on Fight Pass or the SonyLiv app.
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Germany and Italy: Fans can catch the PPV on UFC Fight Pass and DAZN from 4 am (local time); The prelims will only be available on Fight Pass from 12:15 am.
Finland, Sweden, Norway & Denmark: Viaplay is your best friend to view the proceedings of the main card.
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Australia: Fans from Down Under will be eager to see their countryman leave with his belt. They can choose to purchase the card from the ESPN+ app, while networks like Fetch TV, Kayo will air the main card and prelims at 11:00 am.
Africa: SuperSport TV network will offer to air the entire fight card for the fans, while UFC Fight Pass can also be used for the same.
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Reubyn Coutinho