No Bets Barred: Can Sean Strickland Do It Again And Upset Khamzat Chimaev At UFC 328?

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Khamzat Chimaev is set to make the first defense of his UFC middleweight title. This Saturday, the UFC returns to Newark, NJ for UFC 328, headlined by a pair of major title fights. In the main event, Khamzat Chimaev defends his newly-won middleweight title against former champion Sean Strickland, and in the co-main event, new flyweight champion Joshua Van makes the first defense if his belt against Tatsuro Taira. Will both new champions retain their titles or will new clood continue to reign? No Bets Barred is here to tell you. This week, host Jed Meshew is joined by Billy Ward of The Action Network to dive into all things UFC 328. Topics discussed include if Strickland has a chance to pull off another upset, whether the odds are right in Van vs. Taira, which underdogs are live throughout the rest of the card, The Climb, and more. Tune in for episode 155 of No Bets Barred. Follow Jed Meshew: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JedKMeshew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Billy Ward: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Psychoward586 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to MMA Fighting⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our full video catalog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Like MMA Fighting on Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read More: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:13.6	What is up, y'all?
0:14.6	We are back for another edition of No Betts Bard, and it is the big one.
0:18.6	Maybe not the big one.
0:19.7	I guess the big one probably is UFC White House,
0:22.9	aka Freedom 250 when that happens in five weeks, six weeks, something like that.
0:28.2	I don't even know.
0:29.4	But I think this is the biggest card of the year thus far.
0:33.4	I think it's the best card of the year thus far.
0:35.4	It is UFC 328.
0:42.4	Hamza Tchamai of defending his middleweight title against former champion, Sean Strickland,
0:47.3	plus a flyweight title fight between Joshua Van and Tatsura Taitra taking place,
0:51.8	along with, quite frankly, just a bunch of other great fights. And joining me this week to talk turkey as it were you know
0:55.7	him from the action network and his various appearances on this podcast i'm speaking of course
1:01.3	of the great billy ward billy how we do and how excited are you for ufc 328 yeah pretty excited
1:07.5	i think it was you that i heard this from you know a couple weeks ago but either 327 or 328 was going to be the best on paper card, depending on where the flyweight fight landed. So it is 328 as it is now. I think that was your idea originally. I was sorry if I'm robbing credit from somebody else at your great website, MMAfighting.com. But yeah, so I'm pretty excited for this one.
1:27.8	I actually had pretty good time last week, both gambling, won most of my bets, and
1:32.4	just entertainment value of the 4 a.m. Eastern Time card.
1:36.2	So flying high, three winning weeks in a row, back in the green for the year.
1:40.8	Yeah.
1:42.0	Look at you go.
1:43.5	I had a great time last week. I did not watch any of the early prelims
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