Overview
- Grant Dawson announced the matchup during the UFC Fight Night Preview Show, with MMA Junkie reporting confirmation for May 9 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
- Dawson holds a 23-3-1 record with an 11-2-1 mark in the UFC, while Mateusz Rebecki is 20-4 overall and 4-3 in the promotion.
- Dawson looks to bounce back from a first-round defeat to Manuel Torres at UFC 323 that snapped his three-fight win streak.
- Rebecki enters after decision losses to Chris Duncan and Ludovit Klein that both earned Fight of the Night, following a split-decision win over Myktybek Orolbai at UFC 308.
- UFC 328 is headlined by a middleweight title fight between Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland, placing this lightweight pairing on a high-profile pay-per-view stage.