UFC 327’s loss is UFC 328’s gain.
The flyweight title fight between champion Joshua Van and challenger Tatsuro Taira was pulled from the April 11 card in Miami and now takes place on May 9 in New Jersey instead. The new UFC 328 main card was revealed on Saturday after news broke that Van vs. Taira was being rescheduled.
Van is looking to defend his title for the first time after he won the belt this past December with a win over Alexandre Pantoja. Meanwhile, Taira is getting his first crack at winning
a UFC title following a two-fight win streak including a stoppage victory over former flyweight champion Brandon Moreno.
The flyweight title fight joins the main event where Khamzat Chimaev defends his middleweight championship for the first time against Sean Strickland. Chimaev dominated Dricus du Plessis to win the belt and now he’ll clash with a former training partner in Strickland, who finished Anthony “Fluffy” Hernandez in his last outing.
Heavyweights Alexander Volkov and Waldo Cortes-Acosta are also set to clash at UFC 328. Cortes-Acosta has been one of the most active fighters on the UFC roster but he’ll face his stiffest test to date going up against Volkov, who is 5-1 in his past six fights with his only loss coming in a controversial decision to Ciryl Gane.
Sean Brady returns to action for a matchup against Joaquin Buckley that is also part of the UFC 328 main card.
The opening bout pits a pair of old school fighters in a lightweight matchup as King Green takes on Jeremy Stephens.
The full bout order with the preliminary has not been announced yet.
Here’s the full main card for UFC 328, which takes place at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
MAIN EVENT: Khamzat Chimaev vs. Sean Strickland
CO-MAIN EVENT: Joshua Van vs. Tatsuro Taira
Alexander Volkov vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta
Sean Brady vs. Joaquin Buckley
King Green vs. Jeremy Stephens.
