5 Questions that could be answered at UFC 273
UFC 273 will take place this Saturday live from the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. The highly anticipated event features a featherweight championship bout between reigning champion Alexander Volkanovski and challenger Chan Sung Jung. Volkanovski was originally scheduled to defend against former champion Max Holloway, but Holloway was forced to withdraw due to injury.
In the co-main event, bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling will make his first title defense against interim champion Petr Yan. This will be a rematch of last year’s title bout which ended in controversial fashion. The title unification bout is an intriguing matchup that will surely provide clarity for the bantamweight division going forward.
Another highly anticipated bout is Khamzat "Borz" Chimaev vs. Gilbert Burns. "Borz" has become increasingly popular and has many fans speculating that a win over Burns could earn him a title shot. This list will look at five questions that could be answered at UFC 273.
#5) Will Jairzinho Rozenstruik get back into the top five of the UFC heavyweight division?
Jairzinho Rozenstruik is in an interesting position in the UFC’s heavyweight division. He is currently the No. 8 ranked heavyweight in the promotion and is looking to get back into the top five. The former kickboxer began his MMA career with an unbeaten 10-0 record. But his unbeaten streak came to an end in 2020, when he was knocked out by current heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou.
"Bigi Boy" has since split wins and losses in his past five fights and has slightly dropped in the rankings. He is coming off a unanimous decision loss to No. 4 ranked heavyweight Curtis Blaydes. If Rozenstruik was to get back into the top five, he will need an impressive performance against Marcin Tybura this Saturday.
Despite the unanimous decision loss in his most recent fight with Blaydes, Rozenstruik isn’t a fighter to take lightly. He has serious knockout power that has carried over from his kickboxing career and has won 11 of his 12 MMA fights via KO/TKO.