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Two title fights high a stacked card at UFC 273 this night, but nearly all of followers are most trying ahead to the ‘folks’s most important occasion’: a welterweight conflict between Khamzat Chimaev and Gilbert Burns.
Unbeaten at 10-0 and having gained all of his fights by way of end, Chimaev is the most-hyped prospect within the UFC. The Russian-born Swede is about for his hardest take a look at to date, nonetheless, when he takes on former title challenger Burns (20-4) right here. A jiu-jitsu black belt with sharp placing and heavy arms, the 35-year-old Burns is a well-rounded combatant and marks an enormous step-up in competitors for Chimaev, 28, whose final outing was his first towards a top-15 opponent within the UFC. In any case, Chimaev gained that bout towards Li Jingliang by way of first-round submission, choking the Chinaman out chilly after slamming him to the mat whereas talking to UFC president Dana White by way of the cage.
Following Chimaev’s contest with Burns in Jacksonville, Florida, the co-main occasion will see Petr Yan attempt to regain the lads’s bantamweight belt from Aljamain Sterling, to whom the Russian misplaced the title by way of disqualification final 12 months. Yan (16-2) landed an unlawful knee to drop the belt to the Jamaican-American, who has not fought since resulting from neck surgical procedure. Yan, in the meantime, claimed the interim title by outpointing Cory Sandhagen in a battle of the 12 months contender in October.
In the principle occasion, Alexander Volkanovski (23-1) defends his featherweight belt towards the “Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung (17-6), who acquired this title shot after Max Holloway withdrew from a trilogy bout towards Australian Volkanovski. Observe reside updates from the UFC 273 most important card and prelims, beneath.
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Subsequent up, Raquel Pennington and Aspen Ladd go head-to-head within the girls’s bantamweight division.
It’s fourth (Ladd) vs seventh (Pennington).
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Malott, 30, strikes to 8-1-1 with this win.
“F*** most cancers,* he shouts, will saying he’ll donate his $10,000 present cash to assist his buddy’s daughter in her battle towards the illness.
He additionally urges folks to go to his Instagram web page and donate by way of the hyperlink in his bio.
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Mike Malott def. Mickey Gall by way of first-round TKO (3:41, punches).
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Malott, in his UFC debut, makes an announcement!
The Canadian finds a house for a left hook that sends Gall faceplanting.
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Mickey Gall vs Mike Malott is up now, a welterweight bout.
Gall, who famously submitted WWE star CM Punk in every man’s UFC debut, is getting tagged with punches early.
Gall, extra of a grappler, is staying composed, nonetheless. His head is snapped again by a jab, however he returns fireplace with an overhand proper and a jab of his personal.
Left hook lands for Malott, who then connects with a left to the physique! Gall instances a takedown nicely, however Malott stands shortly towards the cage earlier than ceating area.
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Welcome to our official protection of UFC 273!
First, a fast round-up of the early prelim outcomes…
Aleksei Oleinik def. Jared Vanderaa by way of first-round submission (neck crank, 3:39)
Piera Rodriguez def. Kay Hansen by way of unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Julio Arce def. Daniel Santos by way of unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
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The prelims start in 10 minutes! Our round-by-round updates will get below manner then, and we’ll additionally offer you a round-up of the early prelim outcomes.
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Subsequent up, right here’s an excerpt from our preview of Alexander Volkanovski vs Chan Sung Jung…
“Since getting back from a four-year absence in 2017, the ‘Korean Zombie’ has gone 4-2 within the UFC, beating Dan Ige final day trip to rebound from a loss to Brian Ortega. Ige is a proficient fighter however not (but) thought-about an elite featherweight, whereas Ortega has twice challenged for the belt, so veteran Sung Jung’s credentials for a title battle have been questioned.
“Actually, the 35-year-old challenged then-champion Jose Aldo in 2013 and was stopped by the Brazilian in Sung Jung’s last battle earlier than leaving MMA to undertake his obligatory stint of army service in South Korea.”
Learn our evaluation in full right here (yep, it’s a part of the identical article because the final two posts):
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Subsequent up, right here’s an excerpt from our preview of Aljamain Sterling vs Petr Yan…
“Most followers consider Yan will declare the victory over Sterling that he was closing in on of their first assembly. Many assume the interim champion will achieve this with ease.
“However it’s value Sterling’s early success from their first conflict; even when Yan was content material to let the Jamaican-American expend his power, Sterling was selecting up factors, and the defending champion can study from his errors from that contest to make this bout extra aggressive than many followers count on.”
Learn our evaluation in full right here (yep, it’s a part of the identical article because the final submit):
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Forward of UFC 273, we took a take a look at the storylines round this night’s three greatest bouts. First up, right here’s an excerpt from our preview of Khamzat Chimaev vs Gilbert Burns…
“This bout has captured the creativeness of extra followers than even the 2 title fights, with followers of the game determined to seek out out whether or not Chimaev is as real of a contender as some consider. The Swedish-born Russian is 4-0 within the UFC and 10-0 general; all of his wins have come by way of end and he has remarkably absorbed only one important strike within the promotion. He has suffocating wrestling expertise and easily-generated knockout energy. […]
“If Chimaev runs by way of Burns, we’re probably the most beautiful rises within the historical past of the UFC – maybe the only most beautiful, and that’s no hyperbole. Even when he narrowly beats Burns, he may have established himself as worthy of a title shot.”
Learn our evaluation in full right here:
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