UFC 330 start time: Where to watch, live stream Islam Makhachev vs. Ian Garry and the full fight card
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- Islam Makhachev defends his welterweight title against Ian Machado Garry in Saturday's UFC 330 main event at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, where a win ties Anderson Silva's record for longest UFC undefeated streak.
- Ian Machado Garry enters at 17-1, having trained with former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira for insight into fighting Makhachev, and told CBS Sports 'you can't wrestle me if you can't catch me and hold me down.'
- Coach Javier Mendez said a Makhachev win — 'especially if he wins spectacularly' — puts him in the 'Mount Rushmore conversation,' a step beyond his current status as two-division champion.
- Mackenzie Dern makes her first women's strawweight title defense against Gillian Robertson, whose victory would end Canada's decade-long wait for a new UFC champion since Georges St-Pierre and Carlos Newton.
- Jalin Turner fights Kaue Fernandes in a pivotal lightweight bout after bouncing back from consecutive stoppage losses to Renato Moicano and Ignacio Bahamondes with a December TKO of Edson Barboza.
- UFC 330 streams on Paramount+ with early prelims at 5:30 p.m. ET, prelims at 7 p.m., and the main card at 9 p.m., part of a seven-year exclusive deal running through 2033.
- DraftKings lists Makhachev at -360 and Garry at +285 for the welterweight title, while Dern sits at -218 and Robertson at +180 in their co-main strawweight clash.
Why it matters: A Makhachev victory at UFC 330 would tie Anderson Silva's all-time undefeated streak record, formally inserting the two-division champion into the GOAT debate his coach argues a 'spectacular' win would already unlock — with Paramount+ now the exclusive UFC home through 2033, every numbered event carry outsized streaming-era stakes.
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