The UFC is back in Vegas this weekend, and of course, that means they’re in the Apex. And let me tell you, this absolutely looks like an Apex card, albeit a decent enough one, considering. The main event is a banger and there are a few fights sprinkled throughout that have our attention, but overall, aside from the two ranked fights, we’re seeing lots o…

UFC 328 was a genuinely good card on paper and it delivered plenty of action in practice too. Baisangur Susurkaev defeated Djorden Santos via rear naked choke to kick off our finishes, but he had a lot of folks worried up to that point. Jim Miller proved once again that he feasts off any mistake, instantly capitalizing and making Jared Gordon tap out to a guillotine. It really is Miller Time tonight. Grant Dawson would keep the submissions rolling with a nice rear naked choke of Mateusz Rebecki.

Yaroslav Amosov continued to impress with his own submission, an anaconda choke of Joel Alvarez. I look forward to his next fight because it’s always nice to see an outsider come in and wreck shop. Ateba Gautier’s sweet KO of Ozzy Diaz rounded out the prelims, and is no doubt giving the brass another great finish to consider for one of the big bonuses.

King Green kicked off the main card with a submission win over Jeremy Stephens. Yep, you read that right, King Green scored a rear naked choke at 4:20 of the first round. The jokes write themselves here. Joshua Van defended his belt in one of the best fights of the year, an action-packed firecracker. The end would come in the fifth round, a TKO that finally put Tatsuro Taira down for the night, even though he clearly wasn’t ready for the fight to be called. Absolute barn-burner.

In the main event, Chimaev would come out strong in the first round, absolutely smothering Strickland for the entire round. But, as history has shown us, Khamzat has the gas tank of a fruit fly and blew his wad in the first, and Sean would handily take the second round. It would take the rest of the fight for him to regain some semblance of his cardio, but never enough to have a truly dominant round, and not enough to get Strickland back down for any significant amount of time. It ended up costing him the win, as the two “standing and banging”—she said using her heaviest quote fingers—was what we got for the last three rounds, and the split decision favored Sean. Now that we’ve reviewed the highlights, let’s check out the results and bonuses while we’re here.

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UFC 328 Results

* 185 lbs.: Sean Strickland def. Khamzat Chimaev by split decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47)

* 125 lbs.: Joshua Van def. Tatsuro Taira by TKO (punches), round 5 (1:32)

* 265 lbs.: Alexander Volkov def. Waldo Cortes-Acosta by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

* 170 lbs.: Sean Brady def. Joaquin Buckley by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-26)

* 155 lbs.: King Green def. Jeremy Stephens by submission (rear naked choke), round 1 (4:20)

* 185 lbs.: Ateba Gautier def. Ozzy Diaz by KO (punches), round 2 (1:10)

* 170 lbs.: Yaroslav Amasov def. Joel Alvarez by submission (anaconda), round 2 (1:13)

* 155 lbs.: Grant Dawson def. Mateusz Rebecki by submission (rear naked choke), round 3 (4:42)

* 155 lbs.: Jim Miller def. Jared Gordon by submission (guillotine), round 1 (3:29)

* 185 lbs.: Roman Kopylov def. Marco Tulio by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

* 145 lbs.: Pat Sabatini def. William Gomis by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

* 185 lbs.: Baisangur Susurkaev def. Djorden Santos by technical submission (rear naked choke), round 3 (4:12)

* 125 lbs.: Jose Ochoa def. Clayton Carpenter by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

UFC 328 Bonuses

* $100K each FOTN: Joshua Van vs. Tatsuro Taira

* $100K each POTN: Jim Miller, Yaroslav Amosov

* $25K each to the other fighters that got a finish: King Green, Ateba Gautier, Grant Dawson, Baisangur Susurkaev

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The UFC is back on the road, this time to New Jersey, where fans are never rude or disrespectful. Never ever…right? All kidding aside, this card, especially the main portion is top notch. There are four ranked bouts, with two titles on the line, and it just feels like a card worthy of being a numbered event. That Van-Taira fight is going to be so good, …