Alexander Volkanovski made an emphatic statement at UFC273, loudly proclaiming his place as the world’s best featherweight, JustinBarrasso writes:
In addition to winning the title, Sterling gained redemption against Petr Yan. Their last bout ended in controversy after Yan got himself disqualified with an intentional knee to Sterling’s head. That DQ victory gave Sterling the title, but not the way he intended. Yet history is now rewritten, as Sterling won this bout by split decision as a result of his wrestling.
Yan came out furiously in the fourth, shifting his approach to control the round with ground-and-power. That fourth gave Yan a fighting chance. Round five started with the unrelenting approach from Sterling, whose wrestling gave him a distinct advantage. Yan continually scrambled to avoid the takedown, and while he closed out the fifth in an impressive manner by controlling Sterling’s back, it wasn’t enough when it went to the judges.
The pace to open the fight was explosive, with shots landed by both fighters. The tide turned in the final moments when Chimaev dropped Burns with a right jab, followed by a vicious right elbow to the forehead that split him open. Yet Burns survived the onslaught, then did damage to Chimaev in the second round. Two right hands from Burns ended the second round, and it was remarkable that those shots didn’t knock Chimaev out.
This fight was extremely compelling, especially round two. Torres has never been finished as an MMA pro, though that came precariously close to changing in the second round when Dern applied her kimura. Torres was in a bad place for almost the entire second round, but found new life in the third after landing an up kick to Dern’s face.
Madsen isn’t flashy in the cage. At 37, he is older than most other rising stars. But his success in the cage cannot be denied, and he has himself in position to fight a ranked opponent in his next bout.UFC 273 is built around three bouts, including the main event of Alexander Volkanovski defending his featherweight title against Chan Sung Jung, who is best known as the Korean Zombie.
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