Who is headlining UFC 288 at the Prudential Center? Here is the latest on the fight card and ticket prices for the event 

UFC 288 will take place on May 6 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The event will be headlined by a bantamweight title bout between Henry Cejudo and current 135-pound king Aljamain Sterling.

The event will mark Cejudo's first fight since his outing against Dominick Cruz back in May 2020.

The co-main event will feature a lightweight banger in the form of Charles Oliveira vs. Beneil Dariush. It will be a high-stakes bout as the winner could potentially be next in line for a shot at UFC gold.

At UFC 288, Bryce Mitchell will also look to rebound from his first MMA loss to Ilia Topuria. 'Thug Nasty' will take on Jonathan Pearce in a featherweight scrap.

After being out of action for more than three years, Kron Gracie will also make his comeback and take on Charles Jourdain in a 145-pound scrap.

Other fights scheduled for the UFC 288 fight card include Marina Rodriguez vs. Virna Jandiroba, Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Devin Clark, Andre Petroski vs. Armen Petrosyan, Nate Maness vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov, Khaos Williams vs. Rolando Bedoya and Daniel Santos vs. Johnny Munoz Jr.

The tickets will be available to the general public from March 17. UFC Fight Club members can buy pre-sale tickets from March 15 onwards. Tickets will be available on TicketMaster and the Prudential Center's official website.

The price of the tickets could range between $40 to $2,500.

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Henry Cejudo reveals his choice for a backup fighter for the UFC 288 main event

Henry Cejudo does not feel too optimistic about Aljamain Sterling showing up for the fight at UFC 288. That is why, as the fight between Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili was taking place, 'The Messenger' uploaded a video on Twitter.

In the clip, Cejudo asked UFC president Dana White to make Dvalishvili the backup fighter for the main event:

"Dear Dana White, I'm over here watching the No. 2 and No. 3 contenders and I'll tell you what, I've got a feeling that 'Aljizzlame' is more likely to kind of back out of this fight. So that being said why don't you give me Merab? Why don't you give me rising Sean O'Malley [but if he] wants to wait, he wants to take his time. Why don't we make Merab the backup for UFC 288."

Dvalishvili recently scored an impressive decision victory over Petr Yan. But in his post-fight interview, 'The Machine' stated that he would not fight his teammate Sterling.

With that, the chances of Cejudo's request being approved by the UFC seem slim.