Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is headed back to Newark, N.J., later TONIGHT (Sat., May 9, 2026) for UFC 328, featuring a massive Middleweight title fight as division kingpin, Khamzat Chimaev, will defend his belt for the first time against Sean Strickland.

The fight card Early Prelims are scheduled to start at 5 p.m. EDT, the Prelims are scheduled to start at 7 p.m. EDT and the Main Card will start at 9 p.m. EDT and all the action will be broadcast on Paramount+.

The UFC is in New Jersey for tonight's UFC 328 fight card, which features two title fights at the top of the marquee.

More than two years after he relinquished he first UFC title, Sean Strickland is the middleweight champion again. In a razor-thin split decision over rival Khamzat Chimaev, Strickland's striking and takedown defense pushed him over the edge on two of the three judges scorecards in the main event of UFC 328 at the Prudential Center in Newark,

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