UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski retained his title and extended his winning streak to 21 with a fourth-round TKO victory on April 9th at UFC 273 in Jacksonville, Florida. Volkanovski stopped “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung and he remains #1 at 145 pounds.
Also at UFC 273, Aljamain “Funk Master” Sterling narrowly edged out Petr “No Mercy” Yan in a rematch to remain UFC Bantamweight Champion. At Rizin FF 35 in Tokyo, Seika Izawa defeated Ayaka Hamasaki for a second time to capture the Rizin FF Women’s Super Atomweight Championship.