UFC 288 Weigh-in Results: Title Fight Set; 1 Fight Canceled

The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to New Jersey with its latest pay-per-view offering.

UFC 288 is headlined by a bantamweight title fight between champion Aljamain Sterling and former titleholder Henry Cejudo. Both men successfully made weight, making the five-round championship tilt official for Saturday. However, not all combatants were as professional, as the bout between Rafael Ramos Estevam vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov was canceled after Estevam had weight issues. Additionally, Joseph Holmes came in three pounds overweight for his middleweight fight against Claudio Ribeiro, and he has received a 20% fine of his purse. Finally, the previously scheduled bantamweight pairing between Daniel Santos and Johnny Munoz Jr. fell through on Wednesday when Santos suffered an injury, with that news first coming from the UFC.

"Funk Master" will be looking to make his third defense of the bantamweight title. Sterling won the belt after Petr Yan was disqualified for an illegal knee in 2021, and ran it back to defeat Yan via split decision last year. Sterling (22-3) then followed up that impressive win with a quick TKO over an injured T.J. Dillashaw. Now he'll get to test himself against another former divisional kingpin in the man that calls himself "Triple C." Sterling stepped on the scale at 134 pounds.

This marks a comeback for Cejudo (16-2), who retired after defending his bantamweight title by defeating Dominick Cruz. Cejudo simultaneously held both the bantamweight and flyweight championships in the UFC and holds key wins over Dillashaw, Demetrious Johnson, Sergio Pettis and Marlon Moraes. "The Messenger" officially weighed 135 pounds on the dot for his first fight since May 2020.

The UFC 288 prelims now kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT on UFC Fight Pass and ESPN+ on Saturday. Action then continues on ESPN and ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT before switching to ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

UFC 288 Weigh-in Results:

Aljamain Sterling (134) vs. Henry Cejudo (135)
Gilbert Burns (171) vs. Belal Muhammad (170)
Jessica Andrade (115) vs. Xiaonan Yan (115)
Movsar Evloev (145) vs. Diego Lopes (146)
Kron Gracie (145) vs. Charles Jourdain (145)
Drew Dober (155.5) vs. Matt Frevola (155)
Devin Clark (205) vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu (205)
Rolando Bedoya (170) vs. Kalinn Williams (169)
Virna Jandiroba (115) vs. Marina Rodriguez (115)
Parker Porter (249) vs. Braxton Smith (262)
Ikram Aliskerov (186) vs. Phil Hawes (185)
Rafael Ramos Estevam (N/A)* vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov (125)
Joseph Holmes (189)** vs. Claudio Ribeiro (185)

* Estevam didn't weigh-in and the fight has been scrapped.
** Holmes missed weight by three pounds and has been fined 20% of his purse.