UFC 288: ‘Sterling vs. Cejudo’ Weigh-in Results: 2 Fighters Miss Weight, 1 Fight Cancelled

UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo takes place tomorrow, Saturday, May 6, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

The bantamweight championship main event will feature current champ Aljamain Sterling (22-3 MMA) vs. former two-division titleholder Henry Cejudo (16-2 MMA).

‘Funk Master’ has won 8 in a row coming into tomorrow’s fight, his latest victory coming via way of TKO against T.J. Dillashaw (17-5 MMA) in October of last year at UFC 280.

‘Triple C’ will be making his return to the Octagon after a 3-year hiatus. The 36-year-old last fought in May of 2020 where he defeated Dominick Cruz (24-4 MMA) via TKO at UFC 249. Following that victory, Cejudo announced his retirement.  In March of 2021, Cejudo announced he was un-retiring and will be making his return to the Octagon at UFC 288 to fight for the belt.

The co-main event will feature Belal Muhammad (22-3 MMA) vs Gilbert Burns (22-5 MMA) in a welterweight bout.

‘Remember the Name’ also has 8 wins in his credit coming into UFC 288. Muhammad last defeated Sean Brady (15-1 MMA) via TKO in October of last year at UFC 280.

‘Durinho’ has won 3 of his last 4 fights, his latest victory coming against Jorge Masvidal (35-17 MMA) just last month at UFC 287.

The Official UFC Weigh-In Results can be found below:

Main card

• Aljamain Sterling (134) vs. Henry Cejudo (135)
• Belal Muhammad (170) vs. Gilbert Burns (171)
• Jessica Andrade (115) vs. Yan Xiaonan (115)
• Movsar Evloev (145) vs. Diego Lopes (146)
• Kron Gracie (145) vs. Charles Jourdain (145)

Preliminary card

• Drew Dober (155.5) vs. Matt Frevola (155)
• Kennedy Nzechukwu (205) vs. Devin Clark (205)
• Khaos Williams (169) vs. Rolando Bedoya (170)
• Marina Rodriguez (115) vs. Virna Jandiroba (115)

Early preliminary card

• Braxton Smith (262) vs. Parker Porter (249)
• Phil Hawes (185) vs. Ikram Aliskerov (186)
• Rafael Estevam** vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov (125.5) – Cancelled
• Joseph Holmes (189)* vs. Claudio Ribeiro (185)

*Joseph Holmes missed weight by 3 pounds, the fight will be at catchweight
**fight cancelled due to weight issues with Estevam

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