We present the results of the UFC 288 tournament, which took place on the night of May 7 in Newark (New Jersey, USA). Headlined the event bout between the bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling and former two-division title holder Henry Cejudo.
Preliminary fights:
Intermediate weight (up to 85.8 kg): Claudio Ribeiro defeated Joseph Holmes by technical knockout, round 2;
Middleweight: Ikram Aliskerov defeated Phil Howes by knockout, round 1;
Heavyweight: Parker Porter defeated Braxton Smith via TKO, round 1;
Women's Women's Minimumweight: Virna Yandiroba defeated Marina Rodriguez via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27);
Welterweight: Kalynn Williams defeated Rolando Bedoya via split decision (27–30, 29–28, 29–28)
Light Heavyweight: Kennedy Nzechukwu defeated Devin Clark via submission, round 2;
Lightweight: Matt Frevola defeated Drew Dober via TKO, round 1.
Main card:
Featherweight: Charles Jordain defeated Kron Gracie via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27);
Featherweight: Movsar Evloev defeated Diego Lopez via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)
Women's Minimum Weight: Yan Xiaonan defeated Jessica Andrade via TKO, round 1;
Welterweight: Belal Muhammad defeated Gilbert Burns via unanimous decision (50–45, 49–46, 49–46);
Bantamweight title shot: Aljamain Sterling (Champion) defeated Henry Cejudo by split decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47).
