Yaroslav Amosov is not easing into UFC life. He is kicking the door open and dragging people to the mat.
The former Bellator welterweight champion submitted Joel Alvarez at UFC 328 in Newark, finishing him with an arm-triangle choke at 1:13 of Round 2 after a heavy slam set the whole thing up. Amosov is now 2-0 in the UFC, and this one came on the same card where Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland headlined after both making championship weight.
Amosov controlled most of the first round with his grappling, forcing Alvarez to defend takedowns instead of building offense. Alvarez landed a solid strike after the restart in Round 2, but Amosov quickly changed the terms again, lifted him, slammed him down, moved straight into the choke, and got the tap almost immediately.
The result was confirmed below:
YAROSLAV AMOSOV WITH THE SLAM, THE CHOKE, AND THE BREAKDANCE CELEBRATION 👏
📺 @paramountplus pic.twitter.com/JVQXclLb0s
— UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount) May 10, 2026
UFC 328 Results:
Yaroslav Amosov def. Joel Alvarez via submission (arm triangle) at 1:13 of round 2 #UFC328
— Luke Thomas🏋️♀️ (@lthomasnews) May 10, 2026
Here is UFC’s preview tweet from fight week:
“I want to walk on this road.”
Yaroslav Amosov (@YaroslavAmosov) is exactly where he wants to be as he prepares to fight Joel Alvarez in Newark. #UFC328
Fight by Fight Preview ➡️: https://t.co/3Pbp1YSC5K pic.twitter.com/EK2MrHYubh
— UFC News (@UFCNews) May 5, 2026
Amosov Wants A Ranked Welterweight After Second UFC Submission
Amosov kept his post-fight message direct. He thanked the UFC, but he also made it clear he is not satisfied with simply being a new name in the division.
“Thank you UFC, this is really was a great fight. I can move much better. I like wrestling but I am an MMA fighter, I can do striking. I can do grappling. I can do everything. MMA this is the best sport. Never [satisfied with my performance]. I want to be better every time.”
That matters because Amosov is not some prospect learning on the job. He came into the UFC with a championship résumé from Bellator and has already followed his submission win over Neil Magny in his UFC debut with another finish.
After beating Alvarez, Amosov asked for a step up.
“I want to say UFC, give me someone from top 10, maybe makes sense we have a great fight with [Joaquin] Buckley with [Sean] Brady, maybe someone who wins I can fight with them.”
That is a reasonable callout. Amosov is a Ukrainian welterweight with high-level wrestling, a former Bellator title, and two straight UFC submissions. If the UFC wants to see whether he is a real problem at 170, putting him near names like Joaquin Buckley or Sean Brady would answer that quickly.
Alvarez, a Spanish UFC welterweight, had the size and striking threat to make things interesting, but Amosov never let him settle for long. The fight became a reminder that clean striking does not matter much when the other guy keeps turning the cage into a wrestling room.
For Amosov, this was a clean statement on a major card, another finish, and a loud reminder that the UFC welterweight division may have inherited a serious headache.
