UFC 328 features Khamzat Chimaev vs. Sean Strickland in a middleweight showdown that could reshape the division. Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch, the full fight card, and why this main event matters.
Two fighters who should not be fighting each other are fighting each other, which is why UFC 328 is the most interesting card in months.
Khamzat Chimaev — the undefeated Chechen-Swedish phenom whose path to the top of the welterweight division was derailed by COVID complications, weight concerns, and a genuinely bizarre 2022 fight week meltdown — returns to middleweight to face Sean Strickland, the former champion who won the belt in one of the sport’s great upsets and lost it in another. Strickland talks like a man who doesn’t care about anything, fights like a man who cares about everything, and has somehow become one of the most watchable athletes in professional sports simply by refusing to behave the way anyone expects.
Chimaev, meanwhile, has been building toward this kind of moment for three years. His finishing ability, his wrestling, his sheer physical presence — all of it has made him the kind of prospect that promoters build cards around. Whether he can do it at 185 pounds, against a fighter with Strickland’s boxing and durability, is genuinely unknown. That uncertainty is the main event.
How to Watch UFC 328:
UFC 328 will be available on ESPN+ pay-per-view in the United States, with the main card starting at 10 PM ET. The preliminary card begins at 8 PM ET on ESPN and ESPN+. International viewing options vary by region — UFC’s official website and local broadcast partners have territory-by-territory listings.
For those unwilling to pay the PPV fee, sports bars with ESPN+ or UFC Fight Pass agreements will carry the event. There is no legal free-streaming option for the main card in the U.S., but preliminary fights air on ESPN proper.
The co-main event and undercard deserve attention too. UFC has built 328 around a strong regional lineup that should deliver finishes before the championship rounds.
At its core, Chimaev vs. Strickland is a fight between two fighters who define outcomes differently. Chimaev wants to submit or overwhelm you. Strickland wants to outlast and outstrike you until you quit mentally. One of them will be wrong about how this ends. That’s usually enough.
