UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry picks and predictions
See who we think will win this weekend at the XFinity Mobile Arena.
The UFC rolls into Philadelphia with two title fights on tap.
The main event is Islam Makhachev vs. Ian Machado Garry for the UFC welterweight title. This is Makhachev’s first fight since he took the title from Jack Della Maddalena in one of the most one-sided title fights we’ve ever seen in the Octagon. Garry is on a nice streak and is making lots of noise about being the first man to beat Makhachev in over a decade.
The co-main is the first women’s title fight of 2026. Mackenzie Dern vs. Gillian Robertson is for the UFC strawweight title. Dern won that vacant title at the tail-end of 2025. It feels like either woman will just be keeping the strap warm until Zhang Weili drops back down to 115 lbs.
The rest of this card isn’t as stacked as we saw with UFC 330 and the White House card. We’ve got Edson Barboza vs. Esteban Ribovics, Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Dustin Stoltzfus and Joel Alvarez vs. Chidi Njokuani.
The prelims have some decent fights, including Jalin Turner vs. Kaue Fernandes and Neil Magny vs. Ramiz Brahimaj.
Last week Miguel and Stephie killed it, both going 13-3. They both hit their locks, too. That keeps them at 1 and 2 in the leader board. Blaine is coming up right behind them, though.
Scroll down to see who we are all picking this week.
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UFC 330 picks and predictions
Islam Makhachev (-345) vs. Ian Machado Garry (+275)
William Watts: Ian Garry is great at managing distance and scoring points. His upper body wrestling and judo is surprisingly good but his leg attack defense is virtually non-existent. Rewatch his fight Shavkat…