The UFC 273 card is scheduled to take place from Jacksonville, Florida on 9th of April 2022. Saturday night during the UFC Fight Night card, the UFC 273 confirmed fights were shown to the viewers, with several fights being confirmed officially for the first time including a featherweight title bout between Chan Sun Jung and 145 pound king Alexander Volkanovski. Tickets for the card go on sale Friday.
An intriguing thing about this headliner is the original challenger, Max Holloway, will be read to fight in April but due to him pulling out of original bout, The Korean Zombie has jumped the line to face Volkanovski with Max filling in as a back-up for the main event instead. Also confirmed on the card:
- Aljamain Sterling vs Petr Yan in a title unification fight.
- 5# Mackenzie Dern vs #7 Tecia Torres
- #10 Kelvin Gastelum vs #12 Nassourdine Imavov
- Irish Prospect Ian Garry vs Darian Weeks
- #3 Irene Aldana vs #4 Aspen Ladd
- Mickey Gall vs Mike Malott
- #6 Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs #9 Marcin Tybura
It also seems like welterweight top contender Gilburt Burns will also meet Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 273 as both fighters have agreed to fight on Twitter. Come back to Bodyslam.net for any future updates on UFC 273.
