UFC 328 gets location, two bouts for May 9 event

Ateba Abega Gautier has won his first four UFC appearances. | Getty/UFC

UFC 328 has a date, location — and a couple of fights.

The card will take place on May 9 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., a consistent destination for the Las Vegas-based promotion over the years. Additionally, two middleweight bouts have been reported for UFC 328: Roman Kopylov vs. Marco Tulio and Ateba Abega Gautier vs. Osman Diaz. ESPN Brasil was first to report the UFC 328 location and Kopylov vs. Tulio, while Marcel Dorff initially brought word of Gautier vs. Diaz — which was initially scheduled for UFC 320.

Kopylov is coming off back-to-back decision losses to Gregory Rodrigues and Paulo Costa to close out his 2025 UFC campaign. Prior to that, the 33-year-old Russian had gone 6-1 in the Octagon from September 2022 to January 2025.

A two-time winner on Dana White’s Contender Series, Tulio finished his first two Octagon opponents before suffering a knockout loss against Christian Leroy Duncan in his last outing at UFC Fight Night 264 on Nov. 8.

Prospect on the Rise

Gautier’s nine-fight professional winning streak includes four triumphs in UFC competition. After stopping his first three foes inside of a round, the 23-year-old Cameroonian prospect went the distance in his last appearance, earning a unanimous decision over Andrey Pulyaev at UFC 324.

Diaz has split a pair of Octagon appearances. In his lone outing of 2025, the 35-year-old Californian outpointed Djorden Santos at UFC 313.

This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com

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