{"id":649263,"date":"2026-05-04T15:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/649263\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T15:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:30:08","slug":"ufc-328-odds-picks-seasoned-mma-analyst-reveals-selections-for-chimaev-vs-strickland-and-other-matchups-at-newark-may-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/649263\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 328 odds, picks: Seasoned MMA analyst reveals selections for Chimaev vs. Strickland and other matchups at Newark May 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defending champion Khamzat Chimaev will battle third-ranked Sean Strickland in a middleweight title bout in the main event at UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland on Saturday at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The five-bout main card is scheduled to start at approximately 9 p.m. ET on <a href=\"https:\/\/control.kochava.com\/v1\/cpi\/click?campaign_id=koparamount-web-s1gifqd65ade0ba9c11&amp;network_id=10950&amp;ko_exchange=true&amp;site_id=CBSSports&amp;utm_post=Web_ufcfneditorial&amp;utm_tags=Web&amp;utm_network=cross_app&amp;ftag=PPM-03-10ccg0g&amp;ko_exchange=true&amp;device_id=device_id\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paramount+<\/a>. Chimaev is coming off a unanimous decision win over Dricus du Plessis at UFC 319 last August. Strickland, meanwhile, won by knockout over Anthony Hernandez in his last match at UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez this past February.<\/p>\n<p>In the main event, Chimaev is the -590 favorite (risk $590 to win $100) in the UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland odds at DraftKings Sportsbook.<\/p>\n<p>Before locking in any UFC 328 picks, you NEED to see the latest MMA predictions from SportsLine MMA analyst Kyle Marley.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past three-plus years, $100 bettors who have followed Marley&#8217;s picks are up nearly $10,000, and since May 2018, he has returned more than $21,000!\u00a0Anyone who has followed Marley could be way up. He went 9-4 in last weekend&#8217;s card.<\/p>\n<p>One of of Marley&#8217;s UFC 328 picks: He is backing Pat Sabatini (-180) to win via submisson against William Gomis (+150) in a featherweight bout on the early preliminary card.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a striker vs. grappler matchup with Gomis needing to keep it on the feet,&#8221; Marley said. &#8220;He has great defense and is very good at range, so if he can keep it there, then he should win. Sabatini should be closing the distance any time it&#8217;s on the feet, and he should dominate the fight once on the mat. I&#8217;ll take Sabatini by sub.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marley also has strong picks for Chimaev vs. Strickland and other bouts on the UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland card. He&#8217;s also backing &#8220;the cleaner striker,&#8221; to emerge with a big victory! Be sure to see his UFC 328 picks before making any of your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Defending champion Khamzat Chimaev will battle third-ranked Sean Strickland in a middleweight title bout in the main event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-649263","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\/649263","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=649263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}