Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is live TONIGHT (Sat., May 9, 2026) with UFC 328, streaming exclusively live on Paramount+. The event is happening inside Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The main event is Khamzat Chimaev vs. Sean Strickland for UFC’s undisputed Middleweight championship.
UFC 328 is our new contender for the most stacked card of the Paramount+ era (see it here). The event has lots of recognizable names and some banger match-ups from top to bottom.
The main event is a mouthwatering match-up in itself. Khamzat is one of the more fascinating individuals in the sport and he’s also shown flashes of an ability that might make him one of the most dominating fighters we’ve ever seen. Strickland, who fought a perfect fight in his last bout (see it here), is mercurial and controversial with a reputation for showing up when he has to. Chimaev is the massive favorite, but Strickland has upset the odds before.
The co-main event is Joshua Van vs. Tatsuro Taira for Van’s UFC Flyweight title. Van won the title under dubious circumstances, with former champ Alexandra Pantoja suffering a freak injury in the opening minutes of the fight (re-live that here). Taira comes into this one after drubbing Brandon Moreno. He’s the favorite in this one, thanks to his astounding grappling skills.
Rounding out the main card is Alexander Volkov vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta, King Green vs. Jeremy Stephens and Sean Brady vs. Joaquin Buckley. Volkov vs. Cortes-Acosta should generate a new contender for the Heavyweight title (once things with UFC White House and Tom Aspinall are sorted out).
The “Prelims” are stacked with great fights including Jim Miller vs. Jared Gordon, Grant Dawson vs. Mateusz Rebecki, Joel Alvarez vs. Yaroslav Amosov and Ateba Gautier vs. Ozzy Diaz.
UFC 328 Start Date and Time
It’s standard operating procedure tonight. Here’s when the various portions of the latest numbered event goes live.
UFC 328’s Early “Prelims” will begin at 5 p.m. ET.UFC 328’s Late “Prelims” are scheduled to start at 7 p.m. ET.UFC 328’s PLE main card goes live at 9 p.m. ET.All of UFC 328 airs on Paramount+, which you can stream here.The “Prelims” and main card will also air on CBS.
The live blog will get underway at 5 p.m. ET, just before the first fight. Come in and chat with your fellow Maniacs in the comments.
185 lbs.: Khamzat Chimaev vs. Sean Strickland125 lbs.: Joshua Van vs. Tatsuro Taira265 lbs.: Alexander Volkov vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta170 lbs.: Sean Brady vs. Joaquin Buckley155 lbs.: King Green vs. Jeremy Stephens185 lbs.: Ateba Gautier vs. Ozzy Diaz170 lbs.: Joel Alvarez vs. Yaroslav Amosov155 lbs.: Grant Dawson def. Mateusz Rebecki by submission (rear naked choke), round 3 (4:42)155 lbs.: Jim Miller def. Jared Gordon by submission (guillotine), round 1 (3:29) — HIGHLIGHTS185 lbs.: Roman Kopylov def. Marco Tulio by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)145 lbs.: Pat Sabatini def. William Gomis by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)185 lbs.: Baisangur Susurkaev def. Djorden Santos by technical submission (rear naked choke), round 3 (4:12) — HIGHLIGHTS125 lbs.: Jose Ochoa def. Clayton Carpenter by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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Grant Dawson vs. Mateusz Rebecki: Dawson landed a head kick off the opening bell, cutting Rebecki. Later Dawson managed to get on Rebecki’s back off a wrestling scramble and then take the first round due to all the pressure he exerted from that position. In the second round Rebecki dropped Dawson with a right hook. Dawson survived, but Rebecki spent the rest of the round tagging him with hard shots. In the third, Dawson went for the early high kick. He missed and a scramble ensued with Dawson getting Rebecki’s back, with a body triangle, in the center of the cage. Dawson was able to spend the rest of the round hunting for chokes. He ended up getting the RNC with 20 seconds left.
Official decision: Grant Dawson def. Mateusz Rebecki by submission (rear naked choke), round 3 (4:42)
Jim Miller vs. Jared Gordon: Vintage Jim Miller was on display in this fight. Gordon looked like he had the beating of Miller on the feet, but Miller recognized that, too. When he saw a chance to latch onto a guillotine Miller went all in and locked it up Gordon tried to get away, but he was totally trapped and had to tap.
Official decision: Jim Miller def. Jared Gordon by submission (guillotine), round 1 (3:29)
Roman Kopylov vs. Marco Tulio: Tulio chipped away at Kopylov in the first, landing sparingly, but hard. In the second, Tulio continued to lead the exchanges, opening up a very nasty cut on Kopylov’s eyebrow. Kopylov then knocked Tulio down, out of nowhere. He swarmed, but then ran out of steam. Tulio had it to the third, but Kopylov dropped it again at the beginning of that round. Tulio survived again, but Kopylov was able to ride that momentum to a decision victory.
Official decision: Roman Kopylov def. Marco Tulio by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Pat Sabatini vs. William Gomis: Sabatini got to play his backpack of doom routine early on in this fight. After Gomis got a taste of that, he decided to fight with a lot of caution. That invited Sabatini forwards and allowed him to initiate lots of clinches. Gomis was able to prevent himself getting put in dangerous positions, but he offered very little offensively.
Official decision: Pat Sabatini def. William Gomis by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Baisangur Susurkaev vs. Djorden Santos: Susurkaev, the big favorite, played with fire in this bout. He didn’t have respect for Santos’ striking and ended up getting knocked around by the Brazilian in the first round. He responded in the second, but could only match Santos’ activity on the feet. In the third Susurkaev took the fight to the ground and then succeeded in choking Santos out! That spared him some potential embarrassment on the scorecards.
Official decision: Baisangur Susurkaev def. Djorden Santos by technical submission (rear naked choke), round 3 (4:12)
Clayton Carpenter vs. Jose Ochoa: Ochoa hurts guys, man. He had just too much firepower on the feet for Carpenter. And Carpenter could get this fight to the ground, where he had the advantage. Carpenter was bloodied up early and, in the end, did well to make it through all three rounds.
Official decision: Jose Ochoa def. Clayton Carpenter by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Live stream begins at 5 p.m. ET. …
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