What time does UFC 288 start in the UK and US tonight?

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Henry Cejudo makes his long-awaited return to the Octagon tonight, challenging Aljamain Sterling for the bantamweight title in the main event of UFC 288.

American Cejudo held the belt alongside the flyweight title, before vacating them one at a time and retiring from the fight in 2020. Now, however, the Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler is back, offering to Sterling a first loss in six years.

Sterling has won eight straight fights, with successful title defenses against Petr Yan and TJ Dillashaw in his last two bouts, and he will be looking to bring the ill-fated Cejudos back.

Will the Cejudos pedigree or the Sterlings form prevail?

Here’s everything you need to know.

When is it?

UFC 288 takes place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday, May 6.

The first preliminaries will begin at 11 p.m. BST (3 p.m. PT, 5 p.m. CT, 6 p.m. ET), with the preliminaries following at 1 a.m. BST on Sunday, May 7 (5 p.m. PT, 7 p.m. CT, 8 p.m. ET on Saturday). The main card is then scheduled for 3am BST on Sunday (7pm PT, 9pm CT, 10pm ET on Saturday).

How can I watch it?

The card will be shown live on BT Sport in the UK, with the broadcasters’ app and website also showing the fights.

In the United States, ESPN+ will show the action live, as will UFC Fight Pass.

Odds

British Pound 19/20

eyebrows 5/6

Full odds via Betway.

Full map (subject to change)

Main board

Gilbert Burns makes quick turnaround after beating Jorge Masvidal

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Aljamain Sterling (C) vs. Henry Cejudo (bantamweight title)

Gilbert Burns vs. Belal Muhammad (welterweight)

Jessica Andrade vs. Yan Xiaonan (Female Strawweight)

Movsar Evloev vs. Bryce Mitchell (featherweight)

Kron Gracie vs. Charles Jourdain (featherweight)

Preliminaries

Drew Dober vs. Matt Frevola (lightweight)

Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Devin Clark (light-heavyweight)

Khaos Williams vs. Rolando Bedoya (welterweight)

Marina Rodriguez vs. Virna Jandiroba (women’s strawweight)

First preliminaries

Braxton Smith vs. Parker Porter (heavyweight)

Phil Hawes vs. Ikram Aliskerov (middleweight)

Joseph Holmes vs. Claudio Ribeiro (middleweight)

Daniel Santos vs. Johnny Munoz (bantamweight)

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