UFC 273 prelims: Full results and highlights

The UFC delivered another amazing night of fights with their UFC 273 event that took place at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. The card was headlined by a featherweight title bout between Chan Sung Jung and Alexander Volkanovski. In the co-main event, Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan went toe-to-toe to unify the bantamweight title.

Apart from the main card, a lot of action-packed fights also took place in the prelims. MMA veteran Aleksei Oleinik took on Jared Vanderaa in a heavyweight clash.

Aspen Ladd and Raquel Pennington squared off in a bantamweight bout to climb up the 135-pound rankings. UFC's rising prospect Ian Garry also made his second octagon appearance on April 9.

UFC 273 prelims results

Anthony Hernandez def. Josh Fremd via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Raquel Pennington def. Aspen Ladd via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

UFC 273 early prelims results

UFC 273 prelims highlights

After his successful debut, Ian Garry emerged victorious in his second UFC fight as he scored a unanimous decision victory over Darian Weeks.

Anthony Hernandez and Josh Fremd engaged in a highly exciting fight that featured multiple submission attempts by 'Fluffy'. Failing to secure a submission, Hernandez won the contest via unanimous decision.

Raquel Pennington and Aspen Ladd fought in a bantamweight contest that went the full 15-minute distance. 'Rocky' extended her winning streak to four by scoring a unanimous decision victory over Ladd.

On his UFC debut, Mike Mallot made quick work of Mickey Gall and knocked him out in the very first round.

Submission specialist Aleksei Oleinik earned the 60th professional MMA victory of his career as he submitted Jared Vanderaa via a scarf-hold in the opening round.

After coming in overweight at the weigh-ins, Kay Hensen came up short on fight night and lost her fight to Piera Rodriguez via a unanimous decision. Hansen is now on a three-fight skid in the promotion.

The fight card for UFC 273 opened with a catchweight bout (136.5 pounds) between Julio Arce and Daniel Santos. Arce put his superior striking skills to use to secure a dominant decision victory.

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