First to the scales, the champ is in at
[ @AlexVolkanovski
144.5 🏆
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April 8, 2022
UFC 273‘s two title fights and main card bouts are all good to
go after the official weigh-ins. While headliners Alexander
Volkanovski and Chan Sung
Jung had no issue making championship weight, a pair of
preliminary fighters struggled to hit their marks. The most notable
miss came from Kay Hansen,
who weighed in 2.5 pounds above the strawweight limit for her bout
against Piera
Rodriguez and has been fined 20% of her purse as a result.
Additionally, Julio Arce
missed the bantamweight limit by half a pound, and he will have to
forfeit 20% of his purse to Daniel
Gustavo Santos.
The defending featherweight champion Volkanovski (23-1) is on a
remarkable run, having won every fight he has had in the Octagon.
His impressive win streak dates back to 2013, although he had a
close split decision victory over Max
Holloway in their second encounter. “The Great” most recently
dominated Brian
Ortega in a crowd-pleasing title defense, and officially
weighed 144.5 pounds.
“The Korean Zombie” has been a favorite of fans since his days
inside World Extreme Cagefighting, and that popularity
has only grown inside the
Ultimate Fighting Championship. Jung (17-6) is coming off an
impressive win over Dan Ige, and
has won three of his last four bouts with the lone defeat coming to
Ortega. The challenger stepped on the scale at 144.5 pounds.
Additionally, the title unification rematch between Aljamain
Sterling and Petr Yan is
set. This is Sterling’s first fight since winning the title, which
came as a result of Yan (16-2) being disqualified for an illegal
knee. Sterling (20-3) weighed 134.5 pounds, while interim
titleholder Yan came in at 134 pounds.
UFC 273’s early prelims begin on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT on
UFC Fight Pass and ESPN+. Action then moves to ESPN and ESPN+ at 8
p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, and the ESPN+ pay-per-view main card kicks off
at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
UFC 273 Weigh-in Results:
Alexander
Volkanovski (144.5) vs. Chan Sung
Jung (144.5)
Aljamain
Sterling (134.5) vs. Petr Yan
(134)
Gilbert
Burns (170) vs. Khamzat
Chimaev (170)
Mackenzie
Dern (115.5) vs. Tecia
Torres (115.5)
Mark
O. Madsen (155) vs. Vinc Pichel
(155.5)
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)
Alexey
Oleynik (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
Gustavo Santos (135.5)
* Hansen missed weight by 2.5 pounds and has been fined 20% of
her purse.
** Arce missed weight by .5 pounds and has been fined 20% of his
purse.