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Farah Hannoun

Henry Cejudo: Beating Aljamain Sterling at UFC 288 would put me on Mount Rushmore of MMA

Henry Cejudo sees a win over UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling making him one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time.

Cejudo (16-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) challenges Sterling (22-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 288 headliner at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN/ESPN+.

A former UFC flyweight and bantamweight champ, Cejudo originally enlisted Jon Jones, Demetrious Johnson, Anderson Silva, and Georges St-Pierre in his MMA Mount Rushmore. But if he reclaims his bantamweight title, Cejudo sees himself taking St-Pierre’s place.

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