Islam Makhachev puts his welterweight title—and his status as MMA’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter—on the line this Saturday against the polarizing Ian Machado Garry.
Watch UFC 330 Countdown above to see how Makhachev and Garry ended up on the path to Saturday’s main event in Philadelphia, as well as an inside look at Mackenzie Dern and Gillian Robertson’s fight camps as they prepare to battle for Dern’s strawweight championship.
Makhachev has won 16 straight fights, including a UFC record four consecutive
lightweight title defenses and a five-round domination over Jack Della Maddalena to become welterweight champion at UFC 322 this past November. A protégé of the famed Nurmagomedov family, Makhachev continues to carve out his own legacy and build his case to be considered among the greatest fighters of all time.
On the other side, Garry looks to turn the MMA world upside down by becoming just the second fighter to defeat Makhachev, “The Future” is 10-1 in the UFC and has never shied away from letting his opinions be heard, much to the chagrin of a large section of the fan base. Can he actually pull off one of the biggest upsets of 2026?
Dern won a vacant strawweight title at UFC 321 in the absence of dominant champion Zhang Weili, and now looks to cement her status at the top of the 115-pound division when she takes on the surging Robertson.
