By The Numbers: UFC 273 Pre-Fight Edition

Last-chance opportunity knocks for Chan Sung Jung.

Less than a month removed from his 35th birthday and eight-plus years after his failed bid against the great Jose Aldo, the South Korean action hero will challenge Alexander Volkanovski for the undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight crown in the UFC 273 headliner on Saturday at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Meanwhile, Aljamain Sterling puts the bantamweight belt on the line, as his title-unification rematch with interim champion Petr Yan fills the co-main event slot.

As UFC 273 “Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie” approaches, a look at some of the numbers the fighters on the card have brought with them:

10: Consecutive calendar years in which Volkanovski has fought at least once. He went 1-0 in 2012, 3-1 in 2013, 5-0 in 2014, 2-0 in 2015, 3-0 in 2016, 2-0 in 2017, 3-0 in 2018, 2-0 in 2019, 1-0 in 2020 and 1-0 in 2021.

18,303: Fans who witnessed Jung’s seven-second knockout of Mark Hominick at UFC 140 on Dec. 10, 2011 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. It ranks as the third-fastest finish in Ultimate Fighting Championship history, bested only by Jorge Masvidal’s five-second knockout of Ben Askren at UFC 239 and Duane Ludwig’s six-second knockout of Jonathan Goulet at UFC Fight Night 3.

1: Knockout loss on the Sterling resume. The Serra-Longo Fight Team mainstay was felled by a Marlon Moraes knee strike at UFC Fight Night 123 four-plus years ago.

10: Knockdowns landed by Yan as a UFC bantamweight, making him the promotion’s all-time leader at 135 pounds. T.J. Dillashaw (nine), Cody Garbrandt (nine), Eddie Wineland (eight) and Montel Jackson (eight) round out the division’s Top 5 in the category.

5: Countries in which Gilbert Burns has plied his mixed martial arts trade. The Sanford MMA export has gone 9-2 in his native Brazil, 8-2 in the United States, 1-0 in Canada, 1-0 in Uruguay and 1-0 in Denmark. Burns toes the line against the undefeated Khamzat Chimaev in a three-round welterweight showcase.

111: Significant strikes by which Chimaev has outlanded his first four opponents in the UFC. He has connected on 112 such strikes while absorbing only one in return from Jingliang Li, Gerald Meerschaert, Rhys McKee and John Phillips.