UFC 288 Weigh-In Results: Sterling And Cejudo Make Weight

By FIGHT SPORTS May 5, 2023

UFC 288 takes place on May 6th, 2023, with much on the line, as the fighters weighed in before their bouts.

In the main event, Aljamain Sterling, the current UFC bantamweight champion, and Henry Cejudo, the former two-division champion, face off in the bantamweight division.

Cejudo will be looking to make a successful comeback following his retirement in 2020 after beating Dominick Cruz at UFC 249 in the hope that he can eventually become a three-weight-world champion.

But before the fight takes place, both fighters were required to weigh in at the required limit of 135 lbs.

Both Sterling and Cejudo made weight, while two bouts were clouded by weigh-in problems, as the results were outlined below.

Main Card

Aljamain Sterling (134) vs. Henry Cejudo (135) – Bantamweight

Belal Muhammad (170) vs. Gilbert Burns (171) – Welterweight

Jessica Andrade (115) vs. Yan Xiaonan (115) – Strawweight

Movsar Evloev (145) vs. Diego Lopes (146) – Featherweight

Kron Gracie (145) vs. Charles Jourdain (145) – Featherweight

Preliminary Card

Drew Dober (155.5) vs. Matt Frevola (155) – Lightweight

Kennedy Nzechukwu (205) vs. Devin Clark (205) – Light Heavyweight

Khaos Williams (169) vs. Rolando Bedoya (170) – Welterweight

Marina Rodriguez (115) vs. Virna Jandiroba (115) – Strawweight

Early Prelims

Braxton Smith (262) vs. Parker Porter (249) – Heavyweight

Phil Hawes (185) vs. Ikram Aliskerov (186) – Middleweight

Rafael Estevam vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov cancelled due to weight management concerns

Joseph Holmes (189 which was over the limit) vs. Claudio Ribeiro (185) – Middleweight

Holmes was over the limit, but the bout will go ahead with the fighter set to give up 20 percent of his purse to Ribeiro.