We are just one day away from witnessing UFC 273.
One More Sleep
The stacked pay-per-view event is headlined by Alexander Volkanovski, as he defends his featherweight title against ‘The Korean Zombie.’ In the co-main event, Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan will unify the bantamweight strap in their highly-anticipated rematch.
Rising star Khamzat Chimaev also returns against top contender Gilbert Burns.
Before the fighters head to war, they weighed in on Friday morning to make things official. The morning weigh-ins would see Sterling tear up on the scales. The long layoff took an emotional toll for the returning champion. More on that below.
Full Weigh-In Results:
PPV Main Card (10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Alexander Volkanovski (144.5) vs. Chan Sung Jung (144.5) – for featherweight title
- Champ Aljamain Sterling (134.5) vs. interim champ Petr Yan (134) – for bantamweight title
- Gilbert Burns (170) vs. Khamzat Chimaev (170)
- Mackenzie Dern (115.5) vs. Tecia Torres (115.5)
- Mark Madsen (155) vs. Vinc Pichel (155.5)
Prelims (8 p.m. ET)
- Ian Garry (170.5) vs. Darian Weeks (170.5)
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik (252.5) vs. Marcin Tybura (253)***
- Aspen Ladd (136) vs. Raquel Pennington (134.5)
- Mickey Gall (170.5) vs. Mike Malott (170.5)
Early Prelims (6 p.m. ET)
- Aleksei Oleinik (244) vs. Jared Vanderaa (266)
- Josh Fremd (185.5) vs. Anthony Hernandez (186)
- Kay Hansen (118.5)* vs. Piera Rodriguez (115)
- Julio Arce (136.5)** vs. Daniel Santos (135.5)
* Kay Hansen missed strawweight limit by 2.5 pounds; fined 20% of purse
** Julio Arce missed bantamweight limit by 0.5 pounds
*** Fight between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Marcin Tybura is now off, due to a sickness from Tybura
Check out the highlights below:
First to the scales, the champ is in at 144.5 🏆
[ @AlexVolkanovski | #UFC273 | Tomorrow | Live on ESPN+ PPV: https://t.co/KOluT78H6K ] pic.twitter.com/o5UFaTomzg
— UFC (@ufc) April 8, 2022
1️⃣4️⃣4️⃣.5️⃣ for @KoreanZombieMMA. Tomorrow's Main Event is 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 🍿
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— UFC (@ufc) April 8, 2022
1️⃣3️⃣4️⃣.5️⃣ for @FunkmasterMMA. HE'S BACK 😤
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— UFC (@ufc) April 8, 2022
Championship weight of 134 for @PetrYanUFC. The rematch is set 💢
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— UFC (@ufc) April 8, 2022
1️⃣7️⃣0️⃣
[ @GilbertDurinho |#UFC273 | Tomorrow | Live on ESPN+ PPV: https://t.co/KOluT78H6K ] pic.twitter.com/WSLktSzoGT
— UFC (@ufc) April 8, 2022
170 on the dot for @KChimaev 🐺
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— UFC (@ufc) April 8, 2022
The 𝑻𝒊𝒏𝒚 𝑻𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒅𝒐 tips the scales at 115.5 🌪
[ @TeciaTorres | #UFC273 | Tomorrow | Live on ESPN+ PPV: https://t.co/KOluT78H6K ] pic.twitter.com/xeFzEZhXyp
— UFC (@ufc) April 8, 2022
Hittin' the scales at 115.5 ⚖️
[ @MackenzieDern |#UFC273 | Tomorrow | Live on ESPN+ PPV: https://t.co/KOluT78H6K ] pic.twitter.com/TyQgQYXaM3
— UFC (@ufc) April 8, 2022