Breakdown: Aljamain Sterling vs Henry Cejudo was more skillful than you remember

A technical breakdown of UFC 288's main event.

Illustration by Chris Rini

Introduction

Aljamain Sterling’s third consecutive defense of his bantamweight title turned out to be a highly competitive affair, validating the difficulty that plagued anyone tasked with making a pre-fight prediction. High level fights in deep divisions typically carry with them a number of X-factors, but this matchup seemed i…