UFC 288 Countdown: Jessica Andrade vs. Yan Xiaonan
UFC 288 Countdown previews the strawweight showdown between hard-hitting former UFC strawweight champion Jessica Andrade and rising star Yan Xiaonan.
Jessica Andrade is looking to bounce back from a loss to Erin Blanchfield in her last outing to try and fight her way back into the title picture.
Yan Xiaonan is hot off a win over Mackenzie Dern and quickly climbing the strawweight ladder. A victory over Andrade would catapult her toward a shot at current champion Zhang Weili.
The UFC 288 main event pits former two-division champ Henry Cejudo against current titleholder Aljamain Sterling in a battle for the bantamweight belt.
UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo takes place on Saturday, May 6, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
The UFC 288 fight card co-main event features a welterweight showdown between top contenders Belal Muhammad and Gilbert Burns. That bout didn’t get the full UFC 288 Countdown treatment, as it was added on short notice.
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UFC 288 Countdown: Jessica Andrade vs. Yan Xiaonan Video
UFC 288 Fight Card
UFC 288 Main Card
- Bantamweight Championship: Aljamain Sterling vs. Henry Cejudo
- Welterweight: Belal Muhammad vs. Gilbert Burns
- Women’s Strawweight: Jéssica Andrade vs. Yan Xiaonan
- Featherweight: Movsar Evloev vs. Bryce Mitchell
- Featherweight: Kron Gracie vs. Charles Jourdain
UFC 288 Preliminary Card
- Lightweight: Drew Dober vs. Matt Frevola
- Light Heavyweight: Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Devin Clark
- Welterweight: Khaos Williams vs. Rolando Bedoya
- Women’s Strawweight: Marina Rodriguez vs. Virna Jandiroba
UFC 288 Early Prelims Card
- Heavyweight Braxton Smith vs. Parker Porter
- Middleweight: Phil Hawes vs. Ikram Aliskerov
- Flyweight: Rafael Estevam vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
- Middleweight: Joseph Holmes vs. Claudio Ribeiro
- Bantamweight: Daniel Santos vs. Johnny Muñoz Jr.