Prediction: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Jung Chan-Sung – Prediction 9/4/2022 – UFC 273

Next Saturday, April 9, we will have another event of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. In the main fight of ‘UFC 273’, Alexander Volkanovski vs. Jung Chan-Sung will face each other, and you can check out the prediction for this fight here, at Betarena.

UFC Alexander Volkanovski vs. Jung Chan-Sung predictions

UFC 273′ is an event held at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. In addition to the fight you can check out here between Alexander Volkanovski and Jung Chan-Sung, we will have 12 other fights for the same UFC event.

The bout between Alexander Volkanovski and Jung Chan-Sung will be for the Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight division. The duel is worth the belt of the category, which currently belongs to the Australian Volkanovski.

This will be the first time that Alexander Volkanovski and Jung Chan-Sung will face each other in an MMA fight, so we don’t have a history of fights between them.

Alexander Volkanovski

Fighter’s moment

Currently, Australian fighter Alexander Volkanovski holds the UFC Featherweight belt. In the weight-for-weight ranking, which includes all fighters of the entity, the athlete appears in the 3rd position. At this point in his career, he comes from an incredible streak of 20 consecutive victories in MMA.

Alexander Volkanovski’s Cartel

Alexander Volkanovski has a cartel with 23 wins and only 1 loss in MMA. The Australian’s favorite method of victory is the knockout. After all, he has won 11 duels this way. For the UFC, he has had 10 fights and won all of them so far. He has already beaten important names such as former champions Chad Mendes, Jose Aldo, Max Holloway, and Brian Ortega in this period.

Volkanovski’s last fights

Alexander Volkanovski won the UFC Featherweight belt in his last three fights and successfully defended it twice. He triumphed against American Brian Ortega in the most recent by unanimous decision. Before that, he had twice beaten Max Holloway, also from the United States, once by unanimous decision and once by split decision.

Jung Chan-Sung

Fighter moment

Title challenger Jung Chan-Sung is currently ranked 4th in the UFC Featherweight Rankings. At this point in his career, the South Korean is coming off a win, earned after a setback suffered as recently as 2020.

Jung Chan-Sung’s Cartel

Jung Chan-Sung is a fighter with 17 wins and 6 losses in MMA. Unlike Volkanovski, the South Korean’s primary method of triumph is by finishing, and he has won eight fights that way. In the UFC, he has ten fights, with seven wins and three losses. It is worth remembering that this is the fighter’s second attempt to win the Featherweight Belt. In the first, in 2013, he was defeated by Brazilian Jose Aldo.

Last fights of Chan-Sung

Jung Chan-Sung’s three most recent fights ended with two wins for the South Korean and one loss. The last of these was against Dan Ige, and the ‘Korean Zombie’ won by unanimous decision. Before that, the fighter was defeated by Brian Ortega (unanimous decision) and got the better of Frankie Edgar (technical knockout).

Predictions for Alexander Volkanovski vs. Jung Chan-Sung at UFC

Alexander Volkanovski vs. Jung Chan-Sung prediction at UFC

Current belt holder Alexander Volkanovski is favored to win Saturday’s bout. And although the Australians ‘ favorite method of winning is by knockout, their last four wins have been by referee’s decision. Therefore, the champion’s victory by points is a good bet for the fight. The pick, at Bovada, is quoted at -132.

Other predictions for the fight

Following the same line, another good bet for the duel is that we will have the maximum number of rounds. That is, the fight would go until the fifth round. In this case, the bet would win regardless of who gets the better of the fight. It is worth remembering that Jung Chan-Sung’s two most recent fights also ended in a referee’s decision. This selection has odds in the house of -145 at Bovada.

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