Aljamain Sterling defeated Henry Cejudo by split decision and defended the bantamweight division title for the third time in the main event of UFC 288 on May 7 in Newark, US.
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Main card
- Aljamain Sterling (US) defeated Henry Cejudo (US) via split decision;
- Belal Muhammad (US) defeated Gilbert Burns (Brazil) via unanimous decision;
- Yan Xiaonan (China) defeated Jessica Andrade (Brazil) via first-round TKO;
- Movsar Evloev (Russia) defeated Diego Lopes (Brazil) via unanimous decision;
- Charles Jourdain (Canada) defeated Kron Gracie (Brazil) via UD.
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Preliminary card
- Matt Frevola (US) defeated Drew Dober (US) via first-round TKO;
- Kennedy Nzechukwu (Nigeria) defeated Devin Clark (US) via second-round submission (standing guillotine);
- Khaos Williams (US) defeated Rolando Bedoya (Peru) via split decision;
- Virna Jandiroba (Brazil) defeated Marina Rodriguez (Brazil) via unanimous decision;
- Parker Porter (US) defeated Braxton Smith (US) via first-round TKO;
- Ikram Aliskerov (Russia) defeated Phil Hawes (US) via first-round KO;
- Claudio Ribeiro (Brazil) defeated Joseph Holmes (US) via second-round TKO.