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Last Friday, Spanish news outlet ABC broke the news that Joel Alvarez (23-3) would be throwing down with Yaroslav Amosov (29-1) at UFC 328. The welterweights will toe the line on May 9 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, and it is unclear at the time where the two will be placed on the billing. The promotion confirmed this bout on Thursday.
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Featherweight-turned-lightweight Alvarez moved up to 170 pounds in October 2025 after having missed weight a few outings prior, and he battled Vicente Luque at his new division. The Spaniard overcame Luque on the scorecards in a truly bizarre outing where Alvarez was briefly awarded the TKO victory in the opening frame, only for referee Osiris Maia to second-guess himself and call a punch an eye poke. This ultimately marked the first decision win in the career of “El Fenomeno,” one that has seen him prevail in four straight since a stoppage setback to Arman Tsarukyan in 2022.
Ex-Bellator MMA kingpin Amosov made a splash in his organization debut in December, thrashing divisional staple Neil Magny in the time equivalent of the first three digits of pi. Amosov sealed the deal with his trademark anaconda choke, the most heavily performed submission of the Ukrainian’s career. After suffering the first loss as a pro, a knockout to Jason Jackson in 2023, Amosov has bounced back with a pair of first-round tapout victories.
UFC 328 current lineup:
Khamzat Chimaev vs. Sean Strickland – middleweight title
Alexander Volkov vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta – heavyweight
Sean Brady vs. Joaquin Buckley – welterweight
Jan Blachowicz vs. Bogdan Guskov – light heavyweight
Yaroslav Amosov vs. Joel Alvarez – welterweight
Bobby Green vs. Jeremy Stephens – lightweight
Ateba Abega Gautier vs. Osman Diaz – middleweight
Roman Kopylov vs. Marco Tulio – middleweight
Pat Sabatini vs. William Gomis – featherweight
Baisangur Susurkaev vs. Djorden Santos – middleweight
Clayton Carpenter vs. Jose Ochoa – flyweight
Daniel Santos vs. Doo Ho Choi – featherweight
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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