Heavy odds in Chimaev vs. Burns, UFC 273 title fights, more

Take a look at this week’s “Spinning Back Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly present that takes a spin by means of the largest subjects in blended martial arts.

This week, our panel Mike Bohn, Matthew Wells, and Brian “Goze” Garcia focus on these 5 subjects with host “Gorgeous” George Garcia:

• It’s UFC 273 combat week and we’re trying ahead to 2 massive title fights. In the principle occasion, Alexander Volkanovski places his featherweight title on the road towards “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung. Volkanovski enters this one as a major favourite, round a -850 favourite in line with Tipico odds. With two title defenses underneath his belt, the place would Volkanovski fall within the biggest featherweight of all-time dialog if he picks up his third on Saturday?

• The co-main occasion of UFC 273 will see bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling face former champ, Petr Yan. Their first assembly ended by way of disqualification due to an illegal knee from Yan, which led to numerous criticism despatched in Sterling’s course. Contemplating the primary combat wasn’t going Sterling’s approach earlier than the unlawful knee, ought to he present up and switch in a dominant efficiency to defend his title, will he get the respect he deserves? How will his title reign be seen?

• The function bout of Saturday’s pay-per-view occasion is a incredible matchup between prime welterweights Gilbert Burns and Khamzat Chimaev. Whereas the matchup itself is intriguing for lots of causes, one factor that’s turning numerous heads is how huge the betting odds are on this one. Tipico Sportsbook has Chimaev as a -550 favourite whereas Burns is +370. Do the oddsmakers have this one proper? Ought to Chimaev be such a large favourite contemplating his competitors up to now when Burns has been in there with the welterweight champ Kamaru Usman?

• Conserving with the UFC 273 foremost card, there is a crucial strawweight battle between Mackenzie Dern and Tecia Torres. Though she’s getting into on a loss to Marina Rodriguez, Dern was operating sizzling on a four-fight win streak. She’ll look to snap the streak of Torres, who has hit a stride as of late a winner three straight. Each of those fighters had been seen as potential world champions, so who has extra stress to maintain that alive heading into Saturday?

• WrestleMania 38 was this previous weekend and it featured plenty of athletes who competed in MMA on the highest stage, together with former UFC champions Brock Lesnar and Ronda Rousey. Now we have some enjoyable with this one and take our picks who would do effectively crossing over from MMA into the world of professional wrestling and vice versa.

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