UFC Best Bets For UFC 288

UFC Best Bets For UFC 288
Sat 6th May 2023

Read on below to find out UFC Best Bets for this weekend’s UFC 288!

Aljamain Sterling ©  vs Henry Cejudo – Bantamweight Title Fight 

Aljamain Sterling is the current UFC Bantamweight champion and he will face his toughest test date as he takes on Henry Cejudo at UFC 288. Sterling is one of the greatest fighters in the history of the sport and in 25 career professional fights he has picked up 22 victories. He currently finds himself ranked in the top 10 of the UFC pound for pound rankings at the number six position. While he is certainly not a knockout artist, he does possess knockout power, but most of his wins have come by decision or submission. He is coming off of a knockout victory over TJ Dillashaw in his last fight in October of 2022. 

Henry Cejudo is one of the most decorated fighters in the history of mixed martial arts. He is a legend and his status is well deserved after years and years of hard work. This fight with Aljamain Sterling is perhaps the toughest test of his legendary and lengthy career on Saturday at UFC 288. He is one of the most decorated champions of all time and he’s on a short list of guys to hold two championships in different weight classes simultaneously. He is only the second person in the history of the UFC to defend those titles in different weight classes as well. However, I look for him to come up short in this fight by decision as I think Sterling takes this one and retains his title.

SportsTips’ UFC Pick:

Sterling (+100), By DEC (+225)

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Gilbert Burns  vs Belal Muhammad – Welterweight  

Gilbert Burns comes into this fight after defeating Jorge Masvidal, UFC 287 in April of this year. This will be his second consecutive pay-per-view fight and he will join a list of exclusive fighters to fight at two consecutive UFC pay-per-views in a row. Burns defeated Jorge Masvidal by decision in his last fight and he will be looking to make it two for two with another victory over Belal Muhammad in this welterweight fight on Saturday evening. Another victory in such quick succession would likely put Gilbert Burns in line for a title shot at a future event. 

Belal Mohammed has an opportunity to pick up a huge victory in his UFC career with a victory over Gilbert Burns here on Saturday night. He has been in the UFC since 2016, but has flown relatively under the radar throughout the last few years. A victory over Gilbert Burns could give him an opportunity to line up for a title shot in the welterweight division at some point in the future. He has picked up 12 victories in his last 15 fights, and one of those non-victories was a no contest because he was poked in the eye. However, I look for him to pick up his first loss in his last nine fights here in this one against Burns.

SportsTips’ UFC Pick:

Burns (-135), By DEC (+250)

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Jessica Andrade vs Yan Xiaonan – Strawweight

Jessica Andrade is one of the most experienced fighters on this card with 34 career professional fights. In those 34 career professional fights, she has picked up 24 victories. However, she will be looking to break a one fight losing streak after her loss to Erin Blanchfield in the main event of a UFC fight night back in February of this year. She will be facing one of the toughest competitors yet as she takes on Yan Xiaonan in this fight at UFC 288 on Saturday. 

Yan Xiaonan looks to pick up one of the biggest wins of her career in her 21st career professional fight. In 21 career fights she has picked up 16 victories, and one no contest. A victory in this fight over Jessica Andrade could propel her to a future title shot in the women’s strawweight division in the UFC. She is on a one fight winning streak after defeating Mackenzie Dern by decision in her previous fight back in October of last year. However, I don’t see her getting the win in this fight as I have Jessica Andrade picking up the victory by decision.

SportsTips’ UFC Pick:

Andrade (-185), By DEC (+200)

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