The main event of UFC 288 took place in Newark, New Jersey, and featured a bantamweight championship fight between Aljamain Sterling and Henry Cejudo.
Sterling won the fight by a split decision to keep his title and send Cejudo, a previous Ultimate Fighting Championship champion who won two different divisions, back into retirement.
During the intense fight that took place on Saturday evening, the judges gave Sterling the victory by scores of 48-47, 47-48, and 48-47.
The oddsmakers had Cejudo pegged as the favorite heading into the bout, despite the fact that he had been away from the Octagon for the previous three years.
Sterling was quoted as saying, "I wasn't sure which way the decision was going to go."
"I wish I could have done a little bit better, but Henry is a [expletive] dog, he's a legend, and it's not an easy task to run through him like I did everybody else," the speaker said.
The main event of UFC 288 took place in Newark, New Jersey, and featured a bantamweight championship fight between Aljamain Sterling and Henry Cejudo.
The 33-year-old Sterling landed a greater number of overall strikes than Cejudo, 174 to 110, including a 110-63 lead in hallmark strikes.
Check Out More Trending News!