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01.25.2023 | 12:22 PM ET

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UFC 288
  • Saturday 05.06.2023 at 06:30 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: ESPN
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: Endeavor
  • Venue: Prudential Center
  • Location: Newark, New Jersey, United States
  • Enclosure: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Jon Anik, Joe Rogan, Daniel Cormier
  • Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Joe Rogan
  • Ticket Revenue (live gate): $5,182,210
  • Attendance: 17,559
  • MMA Bouts: 12
  • Promotion Links:
    UFC
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Bout   Info
Aljamain Sterling   defeats   Henry Cejudo   via Decision, Split   5 Rounds, 25:00 Total Bout Page
Belal Muhammad   defeats   Gilbert Burns   via Decision, Unanimous   5 Rounds, 25:00 Total Bout Page
Xiaonan Yan   defeats   Jéssica Andrade   via KO/TKO, Counter Right   2:20 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Movsar Evloev   defeats   Diego Lopes   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Charles Jourdain   defeats   Kron Gracie   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Matt Frevola   defeats   Drew Dober   via KO/TKO, Right Hook to Ground Strikes   4:08 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Kennedy Nzechukwu   defeats   Devin Clark   via Submission, Standing Guillotine Choke   2:28 Round 2 of 3, 7:28 Total Bout Page
Khaos Williams   defeats   Rolando Bedoya   via Decision, Split   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Virna Jandiroba   defeats   Marina Rodriguez   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Parker Porter   defeats   Braxton Smith   via KO/TKO, Ground and Pound   2:10 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Ikram Aliskerov   defeats   Phil Hawes   via KO/TKO, Right Cross   2:10 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Claudio Ribeiro   defeats   Joseph Holmes   via KO/TKO, Ground and Pound   3:21 Round 2 of 3, 8:21 Total Bout Page

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Osantowski
Osantowski

05.07.2023 | 10:21 AM ET

Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 470 Points   |   Tied for 884th

Props to Aljo and those that backed him. It was silly taking Henry after a three year layoff. Aljo shows time and time again he is as tough as nails and he can eek out these decisions. Props to the champ
Osantowski
Osantowski

05.07.2023 | 10:22 AM ET

Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 470 Points   |   Tied for 884th

Aljo is making history at bantamweight. He's bad style matchup for O'Malley
Virrid
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05.07.2023 | 10:54 AM ET

Predictions: 2 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 140 Points   |   Tied for 4980th

My picking skills are in shambles, 2/12 is crazy

"Meep Meep" - Raul Rosas Jr.

flying_frontkick
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05.07.2023 | 11:37 AM ET

Predictions: 0 of 0 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points   |   Tied for 5217th

Merab is hilarious

I love how Al is on his right side behind him with a smile, and Ray Longo has this hilarious "*** is this hippy doing in the cage?" look


"For no particular reason beat up everyone"

Osantowski
Osantowski

05.07.2023 | 2:03 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 470 Points   |   Tied for 884th

Who wants to see Muhammad vs Covington? Muhammad looks like a future champ. He's really improved his standup from a guy that used to be predominantly a wrestler years ago. He's got a chin on him too. 
Joshjeffords
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05.07.2023 | 2:12 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 11 Winners, 2 Perfect, 490 Points   |   Tied for 619th

Sterling won 3to1 or 2 not  close grow up.
I also have a perfect with belal but mypick got erased again.

"“I took no damage,” Hill said. “Most of the fall was me falling down"

Osantowski
Osantowski

05.07.2023 | 2:20 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 470 Points   |   Tied for 884th

Sounds like the UFC will cut Kron but Dana says in the post fight press conference that he really likes Kron. So maybe they give him another fight. Feel embarrassed for picking Kron
mick420
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05.07.2023 | 2:25 PM ET

aljo being official ufc promotional champion means as much as sergio pettis being the official bellator promotional champion

neither of these guys are even top 5 135 lb fighters but at least the official tshirt & poster shows them wearing the belt

at least aljo will finally get a real win when he fights sean o malley. who also got here by losing just like aljo did. 

aljo and sean o malley will fight eachother and the winner is officially the lesser loser of the 2. its also for the official ufc championship
mick420
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05.07.2023 | 2:26 PM ET

aljo and sean o malley are combined 0-3 against petr yan

meanwhile merab actually beat petr yan but,

aljo has an official clause where he doesnt even have to fight merab

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

* Edited at 05.07.2023, 2:26 PM ET *

Osantowski
Osantowski

05.07.2023 | 2:36 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 470 Points   |   Tied for 884th

They match Merab up against Sandhagen next?
flying_frontkick
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05.07.2023 | 2:42 PM ET

Predictions: 0 of 0 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points   |   Tied for 5217th

Sandhagen was saying he didn't want to disrespect Merab and that he deserved the title shot but with Aljo and Merab not wanting to fight each other, which is gonna screw things up a bit. 

* Edited at 05.07.2023, 2:46 PM ET *

"For no particular reason beat up everyone"

Osantowski
Osantowski

05.07.2023 | 2:59 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 470 Points   |   Tied for 884th

Yeah and Cory says he wants to test himself against Merab.

Soulyah
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05.07.2023 | 3:59 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 4 Winners, 1 Perfect, 175 Points   |   Tied for 4847th

@Sirspudgreg still dipping his head not smart enoghu to know what works for him awfull boxing 
DamienHandel420
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05.07.2023 | 5:13 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 0 Perfect, 430 Points   |   Tied for 1427th

I find Belal fight so boring, I hope someone knock him out soon, He really good at fighting if I look at it objectively so i'm never going to downgrade that, But he just a total buzzkill and was the only fight I hated on this card,

Also funny the very few Belal fans saying he proving hater wrong, We all know Belal good, We just hate him because he boring, And he again had a boring fight

"Quack quack quack"

mulefloyd
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05.07.2023 | 7:05 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 455 Points   |   Tied for 1061st

Duck, it's not just Belal. Most high level fighters are more defensive oriented which is somewhat understandable because of how well rounded the top guys are. It's what makes guys like Shavkat especially impressive - he is very defensively sound but actually stills pursues the finish. I didn't get the PPV last night so I'll have to watch that fight in a few weeks. I'm wondering if it'll strike me as boring as I found Dariush/Gamrot since I also didn't watch the 280 main card until a few weeks later. I remember the talk being it was an impressive win for Dariush and I was less than impressed. Still thought he won but he never really pressed any advantage he got. 

"Grammar. The difference between knowing your **** and knowing you're ****."

Jab in the Face
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05.07.2023 | 8:22 PM ET

Predictions: 0 of 3 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points   |   Tied for 5217th

Wow.. how did a judge give the 5th to Sterling?


Jab in the Face
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05.07.2023 | 8:24 PM ET

Predictions: 0 of 3 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points   |   Tied for 5217th

HOW THE **** DID A JUDGE GIVE STERLING THE 5TH?????????
Taybazza04
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05.08.2023 | 7:35 AM ET

Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 415 Points   |   Tied for 1673rd

I rewatched it and Aljo won rounds 1,3,4 and you can give him 2, but round 5 was clear as day 10-9 Cejudo
Noxx
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05.08.2023 | 8:07 AM ET

Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 415 Points   |   Tied for 1673rd

@Taybazza04 I agree. That's how I had it too watching it Saturday night. I haven't watched it back, but I will later this week.

"Learning is a gift, even when pain is your teacher"

rappinpapsoda
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05.08.2023 | 8:15 AM ET

Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 400 Points   |   Tied for 2094th

Kron looked like he thought in was the 1990s.  I picked him to win, too.  Bad pick on my part.

"The only thing predictable about MMA is that it is unpredictable."

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