UFC 288 takes place this coming Saturday night, May 6th in New Jersey and we’ve got the full fight card for you below.
After compiling eight wins in a row and two successful defenses of his bantamweight title, Aljamain Sterling will now take on former double-champion Henry Cejudo, who is making a comeback from retirement after a three-year absence from the sport.
In the co-main event there’s welterweight action put together on just two week’s notice as former title contender Gilbert Burns goes up against Belal Muhammad, who is unbeaten in his last nine fights.
Jessica Andrade’s three-fight winning streak ended with a submission loss to Erin Blanchfield last time out and now she tries to get back on track against Yan Xiaonan, who put back-to-back losses behind her with a majority decision victory against Mackenzie Dern in her last Octagon outing.
The undefeated 16-0 Movsar Evloev comes in on just a couple of week’s notice to fight Bryce Mitchell, whose own perfect 15-0 career was broken last time out by Ilia Topuria, who submitted him in the second round.
BJJ ace Kron Gracie tasted defeat for the first time in his six fight MMA career all the way back in 2019 and now finally returns to the Octagon to go up against Charles Jourdain, who is coming off back-to-back defeats.
Check out the full UFC 288 card below.
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Main Card
Aljamain Sterling vs Henry Cejudo
Gilbert Burns vs Belal Muhammad
Jessica Andrade vs. Yan Xiaonan
Movsar Evloev vs. Bryce Mitchell
Kron Gracie vs Charles Jourdain
Prelims
Drew Dober vs. Matt Frevola
Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Devin Clark
Khaos Williams vs. Rolando Bedoya
Marina Rodriguez vs. Virna Jandiroba
Early Prelims
Braxton Smith vs. Parker Porter
Phil Hawes vs. Ikram Aliskerov
Rafael Estevam vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
Joseph Holmes vs. Claudio Ribiero
Daniel Santos vs. Johnny Munoz Jr
