{"id":516597,"date":"2026-03-03T19:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/516597\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T19:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:35:09","slug":"ufc-ko-artist-gets-return-fight-news-alongside-location-confirmation-for-ufc-328","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/516597\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC KO Artist Gets Return Fight News Alongside Location Confirmation for UFC 328"},"content":{"rendered":"

The news of a confirmed location for UFC 328 on May 9 was accompanied by a couple of fight announcements that are sure to get fans hyped for the event. <\/p>\n

After the UFC kicked off 2026 and its new deal with Paramount<\/a> with back-to-back numbered events in January, combat sports fans have been treated to a run of UFC Fight Night cards<\/a> that will end this weekend when UFC 326 takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV.<\/p>\n

The promotion recently announced that a fight between Ji\u0159\u00ed Proch\u00e1zka and Carlos Ulberg for the now-vacant light heavyweight belt <\/a>will headline a UFC 327 card in Miami that also features a flyweight title bout between Joshua Van and Tatsuro Taira<\/a>, and this week Higor Ciconello<\/a> confirmed the rumor that the promotion will return to Newark, NJ on May 9 for UFC 328. <\/p>\n

Marco Tulio vs. Roman Kopylov Set As First UFC 328 Fight<\/p>\n

Along with confirmation that UFC 328 will take place in Newark, Ciconello also reports that the card will feature a middleweight contest between Marco Tulio and Roman Kopylov.<\/p>\n

\"Tresean<\/p>\n

Tresean Gore (red gloves) fights against Marco Tulio (blue gloves) during UFC 314 at Kaseya Center. | Sam Navarro-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

A contract winner on the 2024 edition of Dana White\u2019s Contender Series, Tulio began his UFC career with back-to-back knockouts over Ihor Potiera and Treasean Gore. The Brazilian got a step up in competition last November when he took on former Cage Warriors titleholder Christian Leroy Duncan, who stopped Tulio with strikes in the second round. <\/p>\n

\"Roman<\/p>\n

Roman Kopylov (red gloves) fights Gregory Rodrigues (blue gloves) in the middleweight bout during UFC 322 at Madison Square Garden. | Ed Mulholland-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

\u201cMatuto\u201d will get a big chance to rebound from that setback when he takes on Koyplov at UFC 328. The longtime UFC veteran currently finds himself on a two-fight skid after dropping decisions to former title challenger Paulo Costa<\/a> and Gregory Rodrigues, but Kopylov has scored knockouts in five out of his six Octagon victories. <\/p>\n

Ateba Gautier Returns At UFC 328 For Rebooked Ozzy Diaz Matchup<\/p>\n

Carrying on what will likely be a busy slate of UFC 328 fight announcements in the coming weeks, Marcel Dorff<\/a> reports that the Newark card will also see Ateba Gautier return to face Ozzy Diaz in another middleweight contest. <\/p>\n

\"Ateba<\/p>\n

Ateba Gautier (red gloves) reacts after the fight against Andrey Pulyaev (blue gloves) during UFC 324 at T-Mobile Arena. | Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Still just 23 years old, Gautier established himself as a rising star with three-straight first-round knockouts after stopping the formerly undefeated Yura Naito on Dana White\u2019s Contender Series. \u201cThe Storm\u201d most recently competed at UFC 324 and took a unanimous decision over Andrey Pulyaev, which marked the first time the Cameroonian had gone the distance<\/a> since the very start of his professional MMA career. <\/p>\n

\"Djorden<\/p>\n

Djorden Santos (red gloves) fights Ozzy Diaz (blue gloves) during UFC 313 at T-Mobile Arena. | Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Gautier was previously scheduled to meet Diaz at UFC 320 last October, and the former LFA titleholder will be looking to scored a sizeable upset on May 9 when he makes his third UFC appearance opposite “The Storm” after picking up his first Octagon win against Djorden Santos at UFC 313 last year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The news of a confirmed location for UFC 328 on May 9 was accompanied by a couple of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-516597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}