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