Key takeaways
Alexander Volkanovski beat Chan Sung Jung by knockout at 0:45 of round four in the main event of UFC 273 at the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville. In the co-main event, Aljamain Sterling beat Petr Yan by split decision after five rounds.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, one by submission and nine on the judges' scorecards — three stoppages in twelve fights. Two of the nine decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Aleksei Oleinik, who stopped Jared Vanderaa at 3:39 of round one, and two of the three finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Alexander Volkanovski's knockout of Chan Sung Jung, 15 minutes and 45 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 48 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: two of its seven results came early, against one of the five above it. Mike Malott (knockout, round one) and Aleksei Oleinik (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Nine ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts, among them champions Alexander Volkanovski, Petr Yan and Mackenzie Dern.
