UFC 328 card, results, highlights, winners from Khamzat Chimaev vs. Sean Strickland
UFC 328 was one for the ages. Saturday night in Newark saw incredible action throughout 13 fights, culminating with two title fights that lived up to high expectations.
In the main event, a new champion was crowned when Sean Strickland defeated Khamzat Chimaev to regain the middleweight title. Strickland previously held the championship after upsetting Israel Adesanya in 2023 before dropping it to Dricus du Plessis in 2024. Today, Strickland is a double champion after beating Chimaev as a +400+ underdog by surviving on the ground and keeping Chimaev at bay with his trick shot. Chimaev, meanwhile, later told Dana White that this would be his last fight at 185 pounds as he plans to move up to light heavyweight.
In the co-main event, Joshua Van retained the flyweight title with an incredible performance against Tatsuro Taira. Van was forced to rebound after Taira gained an early advantage with time takedown and control, but once he was able to get back to his feet, Van began to light Taira up with some solid boxing combinations. Taira then staged a rally of her own with more takedowns and some good counterattacks. But it turned out that Taira had simply too much damage absorbed, as a brief knockdown in the fifth round was enough for the referee to call it off, with Taira crushed by the decision. This victory definitively erases all doubts about Van’s legitimacy as champion.
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UFC 328 fight card, odds, results
- Sean Strickland def. Khamzat Chimaev (c) by split decision (48-47, 47-48, 48-47)
- Joshua Van (c) def. Tatsuro Taira via fifth-round TKO (punches)
- Alexander Volkov def. Waldo Cortes Acosta by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
- Sean Brady def. Joaquin Buckley by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-27)
- King Green def. Jeremy Stephens via first round submission (rear naked choke)
- Ateba Gautier def. Ozzy Diaz via second-round knockout (punches)
- Yaroslav Amosov def. Joel Alvarez via second-round submission (head and arm choke)
- Grant Dawson def. Mateusz Rebecki via third-round submission (rear naked choke)
- Jim Miller def. Jared Gordon via first-round submission (guillotine choke)
- Roman Kopylov def. Marco Tulio by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Pat Sabatini def. William Gomis by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Baisangur Susurkaev def. Djorden Santos via third-round submission (rear naked choke)
- José Ochoa def. Clayton Carpenter by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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