Jose Ochoa opened UFC 328 with a masterful performance over Clayton Carpenter, rolling to his second UFC victory as the card began Saturday at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
UFC 328 is scheduled for May 9, 2026, with the early prelims set for 5pm ET, the prelims for 7pm ET and the main card for 9pm ET, all available live on Paramount+. The event is headlined by Khamzat Chimaev defending the UFC middleweight title against Sean Strickland, with Joshua Van putting the flyweight title on the line against Tatsuro Taira in the co-main event.
The opening stretch already delivered a sharp turn when Santos was choked out in the final minute, and the unbeaten prospect who finished him moved to 12-0 after winning each of his first three UFC starts. That kind of finish is exactly what the live prelim-results page was built to track as the night unfolds.
The rest of the card carries a long list of names with real stakes. Pat Sabatini was scheduled to meet William Gomis at featherweight, Roman Kopylov was set to face Marco Tulio at middleweight, and Jim Miller, carrying 27 UFC wins, was booked against Jared Gordon at lightweight while trying to extend the record he already owns for most UFC wins. Grant Dawson was matched with Mateusz Rębecki at lightweight, Joel Álvarez was scheduled to face Yaroslav Amosov at welterweight, and Ateba Gautier was set against Ozzy Diaz in the featured prelim.
That mix gives UFC 328 a clear shape: a night built around two title fights, but one that also depends on whether the lower-card names can keep producing finishes before the main event arrives. For Miller, Ochoa and the unbeaten finisher, the prelims are where the first real arguments about the card will be made.
