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WEIGHING IN

UFC 328 PREVIEW

WEIGHING IN

John McCarthy & Josh Thomson's MMA Show

Sports

4.6531 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

UFC 328 is stacked with a huge main event as Khamzat Chimaev takes on Sean Strickland — and we’re breaking it all down. On this episode of Weighing In, Josh Thomson is joined by John Morgan to preview UFC 328, including the main event between Chimaev and Strickland, as well as the co-main event featuring Joshua Van vs Tatsuro Taira. We break down the matchups, key storylines, and give our predictions heading into fight night. 💧 Stay Hydrated with LMNT This offer may be claimed for LMNT customers, ONLY THROUGH OUR LINK! http://drinklmnt.com/WeighingIn https://www.amazon.com/shop/therealpunk?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsfshop_PXSPXPTQ4J26QW4FP4T5 🔥 Join the Weighing In Membership Get exclusive perks including priority fan questions and early access to videos! 💥 $1.99/month 💥 $4.99/month (includes the chance to debate Josh on the show!) Instagram & Twitter: @weighingin @therealpunk

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0:00.0

UFC 328. That's some knife graphics there. I was in breakfast. We got like a professional

0:06.6

show here, man. We're trying to do something, right? We're trying to make it work as best we can,

0:11.0

bro. It's coming out nice. I was like, wait a second. There's only a picture of me. It shows your

0:14.9

face down, but down here. And then podcast, Dave, it kind of comes in every once in a while, cleans up some stuff.

0:22.9

You know, he rearranged the music, made sure it wasn't so loud.

0:25.3

It was so loud for a while.

0:27.0

You know, hey guys, I also want to let you guys know, I'm adding a new show on Mondays.

0:32.9

Big John McCarthy is coming back, but it's only for a small show.

0:36.7

And a small show has not, it has

0:38.6

everything to do with the rules and has everything to do with all the fan questions you guys may

0:43.5

have. I'm going to put up a flyer, basically a billboard on our billboard there and on the

0:47.8

waiting on YouTube channel. If you guys have refereeing questions, he cannot talk about

0:52.0

fighters and fights and this and that. He can talk about the rules and the regulations and why are that, why they are that way.

0:59.0

And if there is a fight that you don't like the fence grab, reference that in the comments on the flyer.

1:06.1

And I will actually look at it and I will ask John about it and we will do the research.

1:10.1

So I'll send it to John and we'll look it up and we'll talk about why the ref didn't do this or why the ref did this or why they stopped the fight during the situation. John will be doing it is we're going to be calling it McCarthy Mondays. And yeah, so we're going to try and do it every Monday. If nothing really happens, we probably won't do it. But it'll be an extra show for you guys available.

1:28.5

We'll probably do it live so you guys can chime in and go ahead and ask Big John some questions, man. If John's available, I know he's traveling a lot on Sundays, sometimes on Mondays, based on where he's at in the world being a referee. And so that's one thing he does. he said he feels good being back in the groove of things, you know?

1:46.0

He was in Belfast for the PFL.

1:47.9

He was... referee. And so that's one thing he does. He said he feels good being back in the groove of things,

1:45.5

you know? He was in Belfast for the PFL. He was doing a show last week. And I believe overseas somewhere in Europe. And then like, he's just traveling around, man, enjoying it. So I mean, I'm happy for him. I'm glad he's enjoying it. I said, you only got to come more years, buddy. and then, you know, going to have to come all back on to the dark side over here again.

2:01.4

So I love it.

2:03.4

Dude, I think that's awesome because obviously I know he stepped away simply because of his job as an official. He doesn't feel comfortable breaking down all the fights and all that stuff, especially if he's going to end up working an event. But, man, he's such just a wealth of knowledge. I mean, obviously literally wrote the rules, you know what I mean? so to have him come back in and at least step back into that role because we see a lot of misinformation out there right like i'll see him go to social media sometimes and be like no this is incorrect this is wrong so i love the fact that he's willing to do that man so good on you for bringing him back and good on him for being willing to do it shit i mean obviously i never I never wanted him to leave, but I understood where we're at.

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