UFC 288 Countdown previews the return of former two-division champion Henry Cejudo, who challenges present bantamweight titleholder Aljamain Sterling. Plus, hard-hitting former UFC strawweight champion Jessica Andrade throws down with rising star Yan Xiaonan.
Henry Cejudo makes his UFC return following an almost three-year retirement. He’s seeking to put a stamp on an already legendary profession, as he tries to turn out to be the second UFC champion to retire with the belt and return to win one other title. Solely Georges St-Pierre has completed so earlier than him.
He’s tasked with taking the belt from present bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling. Whereas Cejudo is trying so as to add to his legacy, Sterling may cement his standing as one of many UFC’s all-time nice champions by defeating the likes of Cejudo.
Jessica Andrade and Yan Xiaonan battle it out within the ladies’s strawweight division, every of them seeking to climb into the race for a shot at UFC gold.
UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo takes place on Saturday, Could 6, on the Prudential Heart in Newark, N.J.
The UFC 288 struggle card co-main occasion includes a welterweight showdown between high contenders Belal Muhammad and Gilbert Burns. That bout didn’t get the total UFC 288 Countdown remedy, because it was added on quick discover.
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UFC 288 Countdown: Full Episode Video
UFC 288 Battle Card
UFC 288 Foremost Card
- Foremost Occasion – Bantamweight Championship: Aljamain Sterling (c) vs. Henry Cejudo
- Welterweight: Belal Muhammad vs. Gilbert Burns
- Ladies’s Strawweight: Jéssica Andrade vs. Yan Xiaonan
- Featherweight: Movsar Evloev vs. Diego Lopes —
Bryce MitchellOUT - Featherweight: Kron Gracie vs. Charles Jourdain
UFC 288 Preliminary Card
- Light-weight: Drew Dober vs. Matt Frevola
- Gentle Heavyweight: Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Devin Clark
- Welterweight: Khaos Williams vs. Rolando Bedoya
- Ladies’s Strawweight: Marina Rodriguez vs. Virna Jandiroba
UFC 288 Early Prelims Card
- Heavyweight: Braxton Smith vs. Parker Porter
- Middleweight: Phil Hawes vs. Ikram Aliskerov
- Flyweight: Rafael Estevam vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
- Middleweight: Joseph Holmes vs. Claudio Ribiero
- Bantamweight: Daniel Santos vs. Johnny Muñoz Jr.
