{"id":658838,"date":"2026-05-09T01:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T01:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/658838\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T01:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T01:19:09","slug":"ufc-328-preview-show-will-khamzat-chimaev-and-sean-stricklands-bad-blood-spill-over-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/658838\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 328 preview show: Will Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland\u2019s bad blood spill over on Saturday?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland are set to solve one of the most heated rivalries in MMA history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On Saturday, the UFC returns to Newark for UFC 328, headlined by a middleweight title fight between Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland, and also featuring a flyweight title tilt between Joshua Van and Tatsuro Taira. It\u2019s a main event filled with bad blood, and a co-main event showcasing the future of the flyweight division, but who will leave Newark with gold on Saturday?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ahead of UFC 328, MMA Fighting\u2019s Jed Meshew and Alexander K. Lee preview Saturday\u2019s main event matchup between Chimaev and Strickland and debate how this ranks among the nastiest rivalries in UFC history. Additionally, Jed and AK break down the electric co-main event matchup and discuss what it means for the division, dive into the rest of the undercard, answer fan questions, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Catch the UFC 328 preview show video above. An audio-only version of the show can be found below and on <a href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com\/?xcust=__sb0508awD__485611____r______________google.com&amp;id=66960X1516590&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/id320642139&amp;referrer=sbnation.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/27Z2RR39rjGrRcV1DiQ40J?si=5ZS0Lje7QbWITUd60cOb8g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>, and wherever you find your favorite podcasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland are set to solve one of the most heated rivalries in MMA history.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,45518,1591,85,787,1396,14855],"class_list":["post-658838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-mmaf-podcast-network","tag-podcasts","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news","tag-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658838","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=658838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}