Date: Saturday, May 6
Main card start time: 10 p.m. ET / 3 a.m. BST
Fight cagewalks (approx): 1:00 a.m. ET / 6:00 a.m. BST
TV: ESPN+ PPV
Place : The fight will take place at the Prudential Center in New Jersey, United States.
The UFC returns to New Jersey tonight with a show in Newark, and it features a bantamweight title fight between Aljamain Sterling and Henry Cejudo. This event is expected to be a long night of mixed martial arts action, as there are three other fights on the card.
Fight nights and pay-per-views in the UFC are usually divided into two or three fights. The early prelims, as well as the main card, are usually part of a card that features a dozen or so fights.
The main card features the main event, as well as the other championship fights. In the main event, Aljamain Sterling will defend his bantamweight title against Henry Cejudo, who recently announced that he would be returning to the sport after a three-year absence. Cejudo won the title in 2015 and then officially retired in May of 2020.
Aljamain Sterling Record And Bio :
- Nationality: American
- Date of birth: July 31, 1989
- Height: 5′ 7″
- Reach: 71″
- Total fights: 25
- Record: 22-3-0
Henry Cejudo Record And Bio :
- Nationality: American
- Date of birth: February 9, 1987
- Height: 5′ 4″
- Reach: 64″
- Total fights: 18
- Record: 16-2-0
UFC 288 Full Fight Card :
Main card
- Aljamain Sterling vs Henry Cejudo; For the UFC bantamweight title
- Gilbert Burns vs Belal Muhammad; Welterweight
- Jessica Andrade vs. Yan Xiaonan; Women’s strawweight
- Movsar Evloev vs. Diego Lopes; Featherweight
- Kron Gracie vs Charles Jourdain; Featherweight
Preliminary card
- Drew Dober vs. Matt Frevola; Lightweight
- Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Devin Clark; Light heavyweight
- Khaos Williams vs. Rolando Bedoya; Welterweight
- Marina Rodriguez vs. Virna Jandiroba; Women’s strawweight
Early preliminary card
- Braxton Smith vs. Parker Porter; Heavyweight
- Phil Hawes vs. Ikram Aliskerov; Middleweight
- Rafael Estevam vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov; Flyweight
- Joseph Holmes vs. Claudio Ribiero; Middleweight
