UFC 273: Volkanovski vs Korean Zombie, Picks, Odds, & Analysis | The MMA Vivisection PRELIMS SHOW

Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are here with the MMA Vivisection PRELIMS CARD SHOW, breaking down a set of 8 bouts on this 13-bout UFC 273: 'Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie' PPV event.

"The UFC returns after a week away, and brings a promising PPV offering to the table with it. UFC 273 may be a top heavy card, but Alexander Volkanovski’s title defense against the ‘Korean Zombie’ Chan Sung Jung promises to be an elite action fight. And the unification bantamweight title bout between Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan should be a thriller. Throw Khamzat Chimaev’s bid to become a title contender against Gilbert Burns in there and the stakes couldn’t be higher." - Zane Simon

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Here’s a look at the UFC 273 fight card, as it stood at the time of recording:

ESPN+ PPV CARD | 10PM/7PM ETPT
UFC Featherweight Championship — 13. 145lbs: Alexander Volkanovski (23-1) vs. Chan Sung Jung (17-6) — Picks - Both: Volkanovski
UFC Bantamweight Championship — 12. 135lbs: Aljamain Sterling (20-3) vs. Petr Yan (16-2) — Picks - Both: Yan
11. 170lbs: Gilbert Burns (20-4) vs. Khamzat Chimaev (10-0) — Picks - Both: Chimaev
10. 115lbs: Mackenzie Dern (11-2) vs. Tecia Torres (13-5) — Picks - Both: Torres
9. 155lbs: Vinc Pichel (14-2) vs. Mark Madsen (11-0) — Picks - Both: Pichel

ESPN PRELIMS | 8PM/5PM ETPT
8. 170lbs: Ian Garry (8-0) vs. Darian Weeks (5-1) — At 2:33, Odds 14:03, Picks - Zane: Weeks, Connor: Garry

7. 265lbs: Jairzinho Rozenstruik (12-3) vs. Marcin Tybura (22-7) — At 14:36, Odds 22:20, Picks - Zane: Rozenstruik, Connor: Tybura

6. 135lbs: Aspen Ladd (9-2) vs. Raquel Pennington (13-8) — At 22:39, Odds 30:57, Picks - Both: Pennington

5. 170lbs: Mickey Gall (7-4) vs. Mike Malott (7-1) — At 32:05, Odds 41:45, Picks - Both: Gall

UFC FIGHT PASS/ESPN+ PRELIMS | 6PM/3PM ETPT
4. 265lbs: Aleksei Oleinik (59-16) vs. Jared Vanderaa (12-7) — At 42:23, Odds 47:53, Picks - Both: Vanderaa

3. 185lbs: Anthony Hernandez (8-2) vs. Josh Fremd (9-2) — At 48:44, Odds 53:46, Picks - Both: Hernandez

2. 115lbs: Piera Rodriguez (7-0) vs. Kay Hansen (7-5) — At 53:57, Odds 1:03:54, Picks - Both: Hansen

1. 135lbs: Julio Arce (17-5) vs. Daniel Santos (10-1) — At 1:04:14, Odds 1:11:00, Picks - Both: Arce

For those of you following the picks made on the show, we started tracking them with the July 13th, 2020 Vivisections for ‘Kattar vs. Ige’. Here are the standings for our last event, UFC COLUMBUS: Blaydes vs. Daukaus — Zane went 9/12, Connor went 7/12. So far, here are the overall standings: Zane is now 532/834 and Connor is now 516/834.

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