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Islam Makhachev will make his first welterweight title defense at UFC 330. | Getty/UFC
Some championship hardware will be at stake when the Octagon touches down in the City of Brotherly Love later this summer.
The Las Vegas-based promotion confirmed that UFC 330 will be headlined by a welterweight title tilt between Islam Makhachev and Ian Garry, while Mackenzie Dern will defend her strawweight crown against Gillian Robertson in the evening’s co-main event. Both matchups have been rumored for quite some time but had not been officially announced by the UFC until Wednesday. UFC 330 takes place on Aug. 15 at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia and airs in its entirety on Paramount+.
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After a successful reign at 155 pounds that included four successful title defenses, Makhachev moved up to welterweight at UFC 322, where he claimed that division’s belt with a dominant five-round verdict against Jack Della Maddalena this past November. The 34-year-old Dagestani’s current UFC winning streak sits at 16 — tied with Anderson Silva for the longest in promotion history.
Garry, meanwhile, has been victorious in 10 of his 11 UFC appearances. After suffering a hard-fought decision defeat to Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310 in December 2024, the Irishman reasserted himself as a championship contender by posting back-to-back triumphs over Carlos Prates and Belal Muhammad.
A New Era at Strawweight
When Weili Zhang vacated the strawweight belt to pursue title dreams at 125 pounds, Dern capitalized, outpointing Virna Jandiroba to claim 115-pound gold at UFC 320 last October. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace has won three straight UFC outings and owns notable wins over the likes of Amanda Ribas, Lupita Godinez, Angela Hill, Tecia Pennington and Jandiroba (twice).
Robertson will take a five-bout winning streak into the matchup with Dern. The 31-year-old Canadian was successful in her first appearance of 2026, as she earned a unanimous decision over Amanda Lemos at UFC Fight Night 269 on March 14. Her current run also includes triumphs against the likes of Marina Rodriguez, Luana Pinheiro, Michelle Waterson-Gomez and Polyana Viana.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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