UFC 288 Countdown previews the return of extinct two-division champion Henry Cejudo, who challenges most up-to-date bantamweight titleholder Aljamain Sterling. Plus, onerous-hitting extinct UFC strawweight champion Jessica Andrade throws down with rising star Yan Xiaonan.
Henry Cejudo makes his UFC return following a simply about three-365 days retirement. He’s attempting to position a label on an already legendary profession, as he tries to became the 2d UFC champion to retire with the belt and return to procure one other title. Only Georges St-Pierre has done so sooner than him.
He is tasked with taking the belt from most up-to-date bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling. Whereas Cejudo is asking to add to his legacy, Sterling might perhaps maybe cement his put of residing as one in all the UFC’s all-time big champions by defeating the likes of Cejudo.
Jessica Andrade and Yan Xiaonan fight it out in the ladies’s strawweight division, each and each of them attempting to climb into the shuffle for a shot at UFC gold.
UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo takes region on Saturday, Also can simply 6, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
The UFC 288 fight card co-fundamental event parts a welterweight showdown between top contenders Belal Muhammad and Gilbert Burns. That bout didn’t bag the chubby UFC 288 Countdown treatment, as it became once added on short test.