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