UFC Fight Night 273 brings a ranked welterweight headliner to Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, with former title challenger Gilbert Burns set to face Mike Malott.
Burns enters the main event on a four-fight losing skid and has not won since April 2023, but he remains a proven finisher on the mat with three armbar submission victories in UFC competition, tied for third-most in company history. For Malott, this is his first UFC headliner, and he arrives with serious finishing credentials, having earned 11 of his 13 career victories by stoppage.
Elsewhere on the card, several fighters bring notable statistical marks into the Octagon. Karine Silva is the only female in UFC history to earn three consecutive victories by first-round submission and owns three submission wins in UFC women’s flyweight competition, tied for third-most in divisional history.
Thiago Moises owns one of just 18 stoppage victories in UFC history stemming from leg kicks, while Allan Nascimento rides a three-fight UFC winning streak at flyweight, tied for the fourth-longest active run in the division.
Heavyweight Tanner Boser returns to the UFC for the first time since August 2023 after going 1-0 between stints, and fellow big man Gokhan Saricam, who went 5-2 under the now-defunct Bellator banner, makes his UFC debut.
In women’s flyweight action, JJ Aldrich has earned nine of her 10 UFC victories by decision, and Jamey-Lyn Horth absorbs just 2.09 significant strikes per minute, the second-best rate in UFC women’s flyweight history.
