Aljamain Sterling is the star of a promotional poster for his upcoming fight on May 6th. This fight will be against Henry Cejudo. Aljamain will be playing to defend his UFC Bantamweight Championship! You can check out the poster for this exciting fight at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
Sterling just won his 8th straight fight against T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 280 this past October, where he earned the No. 1 spot in the 135 pound mixed martial arts category. His next opponent is Cejudo, a wrestler who has won an Olympic gold medal and was two-division title holder before retiring from MMA last year.
Charles Oliveira, the former champion of UFC Lightweight, is fighting for the first time since losing his title to Islam Makhachev. His opponent is Beneil Dariush who has won an impressive eight fights in a row, his most recent being against Mateusz Gamrot. In terms of rankings in MMA Fighting Global Rankings, Oliveira comes in second while Dariush follows closely behind at third place. See below for more information about their fight and other events at the UFC 288 card.
Eight fights will be taking place at UFC Fight Night 172 on Saturday. Here are the matchups:
– Charles Oliveira is fighting against Beneil Dariush
– Kron Gracie is set to take on Charles Jourdain
– Jessica Andrade versus Yan Xiaonan
– Bryce Mitchell has been matched up with Jonathan Pearce
– Kennedy Nzechukwu and Devin Clark will battle it out
– Andre Petroski is squaring off against Armen Petrosyan
– Khaos Williams and Rolando Bedoya will clash
– Marina Rodriguez goes up against Virna Jandiroba
– Nate Maness vs Zhalgas Zhumagulov. Last but not least, Daniel Santos battles Johnny Munoz.
