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	During his open workout and Q and A at Longo and Weidman MMA in Garden City last Friday, UFC bantamweight champion&nbsp;Aljamain Sterling, who grew up in Uniondale, discusses his title fight against Henry Cejudo this Saturday at UFC 288 in Newark.
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