UFC Tonight: What Time Does The UFC 330 Fight Card Start?
UFC 330 is set for tonight, August 15, 2026, live from Philadelphia's Xfinity Mobile Arena, streaming exclusively on Paramount+. The card features two championship bouts. In the highly anticipated main event, UFC welterweight champion Islam Makhachev puts his title and a record-tying 16-fight winning streak on the line against the formidable Ian Machado Garry. Makhachev, a former lightweight king with four title defenses, recently claimed the welterweight crown. His challenger, Garry, boasts a 17-1 record and is ranked second in the division, coming off a victory over Belal Muhammad. The co-main event will see Mackenzie Dern defend her strawweight belt against Gillian Robertson, promising a night of intense octagon action.
The UFC is at Philadelphia’s Xfinity Mobile Arena for tonight’s UFC 330 fight card. The Paramount+ streaming event finds two UFC belts up for grabs at the top of the card. In the main event, UFC welterweight champion Islam Makhachev faces Ian Machado Garry. Also on the line, Makhachev’s UFC record tying 16-fight winning streak. Meanwhile, in the evening’s co-main event, Mackenzie Dern looks to defend her strawweight line against Gillian Robertson.
Islam Makhachev (28-1) was 11-0 when he joined the UFC in 2015. He won his promotional debut, submitting Leo Kuntz in the second round. In his second scrap under the UFC banner, Adriano Martins knocked out Makhachev in the first round. That loss remains the only blemish on the record of the now 32-year-old Makhachev.
After the loss to Martins, Makhachev ran off 10 straight wins. That run earned him the No. 4 spot in the UFC lightweight rankings and set him up to face ex-champ Charles Oliveira in a battle for the vacant lightweight crown. Makhachev claimed the belt with a second-round submission win in 2022.
In his first two title defenses, Makhachev faced then-UFC featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski. He won the first bout at UFC 284 by decision and followed that with a knockout win over Volkanovski at UFC 294.
In June 2024, the UFC matched Makhachev against former interim UFC lightweight titleholder Dustin Poirier. Makhachev submitted Poirier in the fifth round of that contest, which headlined UFC 302.
In January 2025, Makhachev defended his crown with a quick submission win over late replacement Renato Moicano, who stepped in to replace Arman Tsarukyan on weigh-in day. The victory gave Makhachev the record for most consecutive UFC lightweight title defenses at four.
After that victory, Makhachev moved up to welterweight, surrendering his 155-pound title. In his first bout at 170 pounds, Makhachev cruised to a decision win over Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 322 in November 2025, easily wresting the UFC welterweight crown from Della Maddalena.
With that win, Makhachev tied the record for longest winning streak in UFC history. He is tied with Anderson Silva for that record.
Ian Machado Garry (17-1) has an 10-1 record under the UFC banner. The 28-year-old has seven decisions and three knockouts. In June 2024, Machado Garry defeated Michael “Venom” Page at UFC 303 to earn his eighth straight winunder the UFC banner. However, he tasted defeat in his next outing, dropping a decision to Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310.
Machado Garry initially came across as a Conor McGregor clone, but the confident Irish fighter has found his own personality as a competitor who is more than willing to take on the toughest the competitors the UFC can book him against, something he did again in accepting a short notice fight against the dangerous Carlos Prates in April 2025. Machado Garry won that five-round bout via decision.
In his most recent outing, Machado Garry bested former UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad in November.
Machado Garry is the No. 2 UFC welterweight in the new Meta rankings.
We will have more on UFC 330 as fight night approaches.