During his open workout and Q and A at Longo and Weidman MMA in Garden City last Friday, UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling, who grew up in Uniondale, discusses his title fight against Henry Cejudo this Saturday at UFC 288 in Newark.

Event: UFC 288

Date: Saturday, May 6

Location: Newark, New Jersey

Venue: Prudential Center

Where to watch: ESPN+ PPV, ESPN+, ESPN, UFC Fight Pass 

UFC 288 main card, 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV

Bantamweight title: Champion Aljamain Sterling (134) vs. Henry Cejudo (135)

Welterweight: Gilbert Burns (171) vs. Belal Muhammad (170)

Women's strawweight: Jessica Andrade (115) vs. Yan Xiaonan (115)

Featherweight: Movsar Evloev (145) vs. Diego Lopes (146)

Featherweight: Charles Jourdain (145) vs. Kron Gracie (145)

UFC 288 prelims, 8 p.m. on ESPN+

Lightweight: Drew Dober (155.5) vs. Matt Frevola (155)

Light Heavyweight: Kennedy Nzechukwu (205) vs. Devin Clark (205)

Welterweight: Khaos Williams (169) vs. Rolando Bedoya (170)

Women's strawweight: Marina Rodriguez (115) vs. Virna Jandiroba (115)

UFC 288 early prelims, 6 p.m. on UFC Fight Pass

Heavyweight: Braxton Smith (262) vs. Parker Porter (249)

Middleweight: Phil Hawes (185) vs. Ikram Aliskerov (186)

Flyweight: Rafale Estevam* vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov (125.5) 

Middleweight: Joseph Holmes (189)** vs. Claudio Ribeiro (185)

* Fight was canceled after Estevam experienced weight-cutting issues.

** Holmes forfeits 20% of his purse for missing weight.