Alexander Volkanovski is heavily favored against Chan Sung Jung at UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie on Saturday, April 9 in Jacksonville, Florida. This event is one of four fights on the main pay-per-view card. Volkanovski is 23-1 in his career, while Jung is 17-6 in his career. There are a total of 13 fights with four on Pay-Per-View, four on ESPN/ESPN+ and five on ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass at UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie. Let’s look at the bout between Volkanovski and Jung and UFC predictions.
UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie takes place at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday, April 9 with 13 fights, with four on Pay-Per-View, four on ESPN/ESPN+ and five on ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.
UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie Betting
Alexander Volkanovski (23-1, 10-0 UFC)
Volkanovski came into the UFC with a record of 13-1 and he has 10 wins and no losses in the UFC. In his last six fights, he has six wins and no losses. He defeated Darren Elkins by unanimous decision, Chad Mendes by TKO, José Aldo by unanimous decision, Max Holloway by unanimous decision, Max Holloway by split decision, and Brian Ortega by unanimous decision. Volkanovski’s only loss in his career was against Corey Nelson by TKO in May of 2013. Volkanovski has been a pro since 2012 and he has 11 wins by TKO/KO and three by submission. He has seven first round finishes.
Volkanovski said this to essentiallysports.com about his upcoming fight against Jung, “I’ll be pretty disappointed, and this is no disrespect to Zombie if I do not finish this fight inside the three. I think where I’m at right now, what I’m seeing right now, I feel like I’m on a whole other level. No matter where it goes if the clinch gets to the floor or whether it is on the feet, I feel like I’m just going to be too much and overwhelming, and I’ll get that finish… So I’ll just be disappointed if I don’t prove that to myself… So I’m going to go out there and do that.”
Chan Sung Jung (17-6, 7-3 UFC)
Jung came into the UFC with a record of 10-3 and he has seven wins and three losses in the UFC. In his last six fights, he has four wins and two losses. He defeated Dennis Bermudez by KO, Renato Moicano by TKO, Frankie Edgar by TKO, and Dan Ige by unanimous decision; while losing to Yair Rodríguez by KO and Brian Ortega by unanimous decision. Jung has been a pro since 2007 and he has six wins by TKO/KO and eight by submission. He has 10 first round finishes.
Striking Stats
Strikes landed per minute: Volkanovski 6.42 / Jung 4.07
Striking Accuracy: Volkanovski 56% / Jung 43%
Strikes absorbed per minute: Volkanovski 3.34 / Jung 3.87
Defense: Volkanovski 60% / Jung 55%
Grappling Stats
Takedown average: Volkanovski 1.77 / Jung 0.82
Takedown Accuracy: Volkanovski 34% / Jung 47%
Takedowns defended: Volkanovski 70% / Jung 77%
Submission average: Volkanovski 0.3 / Jung 0.7
UFC Picks
Is there any real doubt as to who is going to win this fight? Volkanovski is a big favorite in this fight, and deservedly so. I have no idea what Jung is even doing in a main event fight, let alone a title fight. I think Volkanovski wins easily, but I am not laying 8-1 on anyone. The rounds are listed at 4.5 at BookMaker and that really surprises me, as I agree with what Volkanovski said when talking about this fight, and that is he gets the finish. I don’t think Jung can do anything in this fight other than get pounded and this fight should end with Volkanovski getting the stoppage win. I will take the rounds to go under the total of 4.5 rounds, and we get a plus money price on this play.
| DATE | FIGHTERS | MONEY LINE |
| 04/9 | Chan Sung Jung | +515 |
| Alexander Volkanovski | -830 |
| 04/9 | Aljamain Sterling | +368 |
| Petr Yan | -530 |
| 04/9 | Gilbert Burns | +392 |
| Khamzat Chimaev | -575 |
| 04/9 | Tecia Torres | -115 |
| Mackenzie Dern | -115 |
| 04/9 | Darian Weeks | +265 |
| Ian Garry | -357 |
| 04/9 | Marcin Tybura | +124 |
| Jairzinho Rozenstruik | -155 |
| 04/9 | Mickey Gall | +158 |
| Mike Malott | -200 |
| 04/9 | Daniel Santos | +158 |
| Julio Arce | -200 |
| 04/9 | Vinc Pichel | -140 |
| Mark Madsen | +110 |
| 04/9 | Kay Hansen | -110 |
| Piera Rodriguez | -120 |
| 04/9 | Aspen Ladd | +146 |
| Raquel Pennington | -185 |
| 04/9 | Josh Fremd | +168 |
| Anthony Hernandez | -215 |
| 04/9 | Jared Vanderaa | -120 |
| Aleksei Oleinik | -110 |
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