Aljamain Sterling eked out a tight split decision victory over former two-division champion Henry Cejudo at UFC 288 in Newark.
Fight night in New Jersey belongs to Long Island.
Sterling, a former two-time All-American wrestler at SUNY Cortland, and 2008 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle Henry Cejudo tested each other’s grappling chops throughout, with each finding success in the takedown department but Sterling getting to moderately more threatening positions. Earlier in the night, Sterling’s Longo and Weidman MMA teammate Matt Frevola thrilled the Newark crowdFrevola, whom Mets owner Steve Cohen came to see, picked apart the hard-hitting veteran from the outside before dropping Dober with a right and finishing him off with heavy hands on the mat.Zuffa LLC via Getty Images
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