Andreas Hale May 11, 2026, 08:00 AM ET Close Andreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas' free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM's Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior writer at DAZN and Sporting News. He started his career as a music journalist for outlets including HipHopDX, The Grammys and Jay-Z's Life+Times. He is also an NAACP Image Award-nominated filmmaker as a producer for the animated short film "Bridges" in 2024. The bad blood didn't quite boil over in the main event of UFC 328, where Sean Strickland pulled off yet another massive upset in a title fight. Strickland defeated Khamzat Chimaev by split decision to become a two-time middleweight champion after a vitriolic build to a fight that underwhelmed. Up to that point, UFC 328 was an extremely average night of fights.…