UFC 273 heads back to Jacksonville with two title fights atop the bill

While the UFC 273 lineup has featured some major fights, there was no official location – until now.

The UFC has locked in the April 9 pay-per-view event for Jacksonville, Fla., a city the promotion has frequented since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, chief business officer Hunter Campbell told ESPN on Friday. UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling had previously said publicly he’d heard rumors of the new location after talks of it being held in Brooklyn, N.Y., fell through.

While no venue accompanied the announcement, the promotion has held all of its Jacksonville events, four since the start of May 2020, at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena.

Two title fights top the billing for UFC 273. In the main event, UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski (23-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) defends his title against fan-favorite “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung (17-6 MMA, 7-5 UFC).

The co-main event features a bantamweight title rematch between the aforementioned Aljamain Sterling (20-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) and his rival and former champion Petr Yan (16-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC).

The current UFC 273 lineup includes:

• Champion Alexander Volkanovski vs. Chan Sung Jung – for featherweight title
• Champion Aljamain Sterling vs. Petr Yan – for bantamweight title
• Irene Aldana vs. Aspen Ladd
• Pat Sabatini vs. Gavin Tucker
• Mickey Gall vs. Mike Malott
• Mackenzie Dern vs. Tecia Torres
• Kelvin Gastelum vs. Nassourdine Imavov
• Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Marcin Tybura
• Julio Arce vs. Daniel Santos
• Mark Madsen vs. Vinc Pichel
• Chris Curtis vs. Dricus Du Plessis
• Albert Duraev vs. Anthony Hernandez
• Ian Garry vs. Darian Weeks