UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

That's a possibility. 

Not a big football fan anymore but finding out 24 year old Dwayne Haskins died, being hit by a car. That **** messed me up so crazy. Supposedly his car broke down and he was checking it and got hit by a dump truck.

Thank God for the UFC today! A lot of ****** up **** recently.

* Edited at 04.09.2022, 5:35 PM ET *

Burns vs. Chimaev
Khamzat Chimaev, TKO, R2
Bruddahs, Always remember old proverb ‘With man it is impossible, but not with Smesh. For all things are possible with Smesh.’ Hazmat 1:87

Volkanovski vs. Jung
Alexander Volkanovski, TKO, R3
Gimme Volk to finsh...

Sterling vs. Yan II
Petr Yan, TKO, R4
Yeah... Yan gets him late......

Burns vs. Chimaev
Khamzat Chimaev, TKO, R2
I think Chimaev finds the chin......

Dern vs. Torres
Tecia Torres, DEC
I like Tecia in this one.....

Pichel vs. Madsen
Vinc Pichel, DEC
Gimme Pichel.

Garry vs. Weeks
Darian Weeks, DEC
I think Weeks could pull something....

Hernandez vs. Fremd
Josh Fremd, DEC
Gimme Fremd.

Ladd vs. Pennington
Raquel Pennington, DEC
Gimme Raquel.

Gall vs. Malott
Mike Malott, TKO, R2
Decent chance Malott lines up a good shot.

Oleinik vs. Vanderaa
Jared Vanderaa, TKO, R2
I think round 1 becomes hilarious, and then Jared finds the chin.

Got a promotional offer on Chimaev by first round stoppage +400 that I took. Only a quarter unit though, they usually wont allow even that on these offers for me. 

@jack_95 aye well good luck with it

I hate east coast cards starting so late. 

Garry vs. Weeks
Ian Garry, SUB, R2
RNC I Think Garry gets SLIGHTLY tested here, but realizes he has part of his game that can be better than Weeks.

Ladd vs. Pennington
Raquel Pennington
Alot of splits tonight. Yikes!! Title alerts. Pennington by Split 29-28,28-29 someone gives Aspen the last two rounds.

Gall vs. Malott
Mike Malott, DEC
Gonna be a solid fight oddly. Split Dec 30-27,29-28, 28-29

Oleinik vs. Vanderaa
Aleksei Oleinik, SUB, R2
Arm Triangle in the second, a competitive first round, but Jared starts getting a little too paced, too slow for Aleksei.

Rodriguez vs. Hansen
Piera Rodriguez, DEC
29-28 Uni

Arce vs. Santos
Julio Arce, DEC
Split Dec 29-28x2, 28-29

Ima have to pull an all nighter to satiate my lust for blood. The things us european peasants do for such trivial pleasures. **** formula 1 starts right after the volk fight. Madness. Complete madness.

Right there with you except I work in the middle of it too, gonna catch first and last 3 fights probably.

**** i just came off work. Struggle is real brother

Damn it first fight delayed to half past as well?

Volkanovski vs. Jung
Alexander Volkanovski, DEC
Uni 49-46, 48-47x2 I think Zombies relentlessness and warrior spirit is actually an insanely underlooked factor here, I think he cracks Volk and rocks him once. I think he keeps it very interesting and close, however Volk is too smart of an athlete, too well rounded. What an awesome fight, awesome to see Zombie in this spot. Enjoy the fights.

Sterling vs. Yan II
Aljamain Sterling, DEC
Split Dec 49-26,48-47, 47-48 I don't know. It's a feeling. Aljamain has the weight of his belt, the fans, and his last performance on his shoulders, and nevermind his surgeries.

Burns vs. Chimaev
Khamzat Chimaev, TKO, R1
BORZ. THE WOLF. LETS GO!!! I think they meet in the middle of the cage, and the second Burns takes a step backwards Chimaev will take huge strides to corner Burns quick. It makes Burns anxious to shoot. Chimaev stuffs, they exchange, Chimaev crushed Burns with a left and a right hook. KO, to Ground and pound finish. Brutal. Next double champ is here.

Dern vs. Torres
Tecia Torres, DEC
29-28x2, 30-27 UNI I think Torres is able to keep this standing, as well as be able to pick her shots as the fight elongates.

Pichel vs. Madsen
Mark Madsen, TKO, R3
As the fight goes on it becomes Mark's fight, imo he wants to end this one. Back mount TKO.

Ya starts half hour later brother

Hernandez vs. Fremd
Anthony Hernandez, DEC
This is gonna be a wild fight. Scary to pick anybody here but I got to go with level of competition, speed for Fluffy. Uni Dec 30-27x2, 29-28

Looks like the card got moved to 6:30

Thank you tybura for getting “sick” and delaying start time 

The **** is happening?

You people are so lucky.
It is evening there.
The problem is ours. We stay awake all night long here in Europe to watch ufc. And the half hour delay cost to much

Anyone care to explain the hatred for Kay Hansen? Surely it can't just be her onlyfans page? She's 2-0 in UFC at 115 since she got robbed vs McKenna. I don't think that one is even subjective and I usually don't cry robberies but let me explain my position with a lengthy novella I'm going to submit to a publisher later.

We often complain about judges and rightly so but at least there is often some sort of consistent logic unless they just missed a major event in a round. For example they might put more weight on wrestling than damage even though the latter is the main scoring criteria.

In the McKenna fight it was very close on the feet round 1 until Hansen took McKenna down close to the end of the round and took her back. She tried once for a RNC but then just held on and let the clock run out as McKenna pitter patter hit her. The judges gave McKenna round 1 based on those caresses. So clearly they didn't care about the takedown back mount and RNC attempt over the smallest edge in damage. Fine.

Then we go to round 2 and Hansen clearly outstrikes McKenna to start with here, then takes her down again. Toward the end of the round McKenna reverses and ends the round on top having dealt no effective ground and pound from the top position at the end of the round. Now the judges flip flop and decide position is the more important criteria and give McKenna round 2 based on her ending on top.

Round 3 is clearly for Hansen on all accounts including the judges. So either way you look at it, damage scores more or control is more important Hansen should be at least 29-28. I had her 30-27.

She then goes up a weight class and can't wrestle a much bigger fighter than herself and loses.

There's also the question of her having fought a ton of fights in Invicta, one of the absolute best promotions for WMMA. But now suddenly Hansen is considered ****?

What level of competition has Rodrigues faced?

Underdog with the biggest chance tonight? I know Sterling can win some rounds, Jung Sung has a punchers chance and Burns will compete but I have not been able to shake the feeling that Weeks could pull off an upset tonight. I could be wrong and in hindsight it may be clear as day that they were never the same level but I don't like how Garry spoke about his nerves being the reason that he was getting tagged in his fight and not that he had his hands down and has worked to improve his defense. Gall knocked Williams down (then took his back) with the same overhand right as Garry and Gall is not even a striker. That was a bad performance from Garry and his ko and confidence hides it. I can't jump on the train yet