UFC 328: How to watch two Newark title fights, lineup, odds, videos

The UFC is back on the East Coast with a two-title main card filled with intrigue in New Jersey.

Here’s how to watch UFC 328, where the middleweight and flyweight titles are on the line in Newark.

Broadcast and streaming info

UFC 328 has a main card that streams at 9 p.m. ET on Paramount+. The prelims stream on Paramount+ at 7 p.m. ET, and early prelims stream at 5 p.m. ET there, as well as UFC Fight Pass.

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• Record: 15-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC

• Opponent: Sean Strickland (30-7 MMA, 17-7 UFC)

• Key wins: Dricus du Plessis, Robert Whittaker, Kamaru Usman, Kevin Holland, Gilbert Burns, Li Jingliang, Gerald Meerschaert

• Misc.: Chimaev’s first title defense, some are predicting, will be a miracle to take place given the heat between him and Strickland at commit-actual-murder-with-a-gun levels. But let’s pretend it’ll go off without a hitch. It’ll be Chimaev’s first defense of the strap after he dominated Dricus du Plessis at UFC 319 to win it. The Chechnyan has seven post-fight bonuses in his nine walks to the cage in the UFC.

Main event: Sean Strickland

• Record: 30-7 MMA, 17-7 UFC

• Opponent: Khamzat Chimaev (15-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC)

• Misc.: After he upset Adesanya to win the middleweight title, Strickland lost it in his first attempted defense to Dricus du Plessis. He rebounded with a win over Paula Costa and got a rematch with DDP, but lost another decision. It probably should’ve taken him longer to get another crack at the belt, but his dominant win over Hernandez in February and the heat the UFC brass knew he’d generate with Chimaev made him a hard-to-resist choice for another title shot.

Co-main event: Joshua Van

• Record: 16-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC

• Opponent: Tatsuro Taira (18-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC)

• Misc.: Van’s first title defense after his win over Pantoja won’t come in a rematch with the ex-champ, who suffered an injury 26 seconds into their fight that caused his loss. Instead, he gets Taira who will have the rare

Co-main event: Tatsuro Taira

• Record: 18-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC

• Opponent: Joshua Van (16-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC)

• Key wins: Brandon Moreno, Park Hyun-sung, Alex Perez

• Misc.: Taira was on the cusp of a title shot once before and dropped a split decision to Brandon Royval. But 2025 was a big bounce-back year when he submitted Park Hyun-sung in August, then knocked out former champ Brandon Moreno at UFC 323 in December. With Alexandre Pantoja not ready to return for a rematch with Van, Taira was a more-than-deserving challenger choice.

UFC 328 lineup

MAIN CARD (Paramount+, 9 p.m. ET)

• Champ Khamzat Chimaev vs. Sean Strickland – for middleweight title

• Champ Joshua Van vs. Tatsuro Taira – for flyweight title

• Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Alexander Volkov

• Sean Brady vs. Joaquin Buckley

• King Green vs. Jeremy Stephens

PRELIMINARY CARD (Paramount, 7 p.m. ET)

• Ozzy Diaz vs. Ateba Gautier

• Joel Alvarez vs. Yaroslav Amosov

• Grant Dawson vs. Mateusz Rebecki

• Jared Gordon vs. Jim Miller

PRELIMINARY CARD (Paramount+/UFC Fight Pass, 5 p.m. ET)

• Roman Kopylov vs. Marco Tulio

• William Gomis vs. Pat Sabatini

• Djorden Santos vs. Baisangur Susurkaev

• Clayton Carpenter vs. Jose Ochoa

UFC 328 main card betting odds

• Chimaev -600, Strickland +430

• Cortes-Acosta +155, Volkov -185

• Green -300, Stephens +240

UFC 328 preliminary card betting odds

• Alvarez +155, Amosov -180

• Dawson -160, Rebecki +135

• Gomis +165, Sabatini -195

• Santos +500, Susurkaev -700

• Carpenter +155, Ochoa -185

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