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Islam Makhachev beat Ian Machado Garry by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 330 at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. The welterweight title stayed where it was, and Ian Machado Garry had come in as the division's No. 1. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Mackenzie Dern beat Gillian Robertson, the division's No. 5, after five rounds at women's strawweight. Neither championship bout produced a finish — both went the full distance — while eight of the ten other results came early.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, three by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — eight stoppages in twelve fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Jalin Turner, who stopped Kaue Fernandes after 39 seconds, and two of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Charles Johnson's submission of Eduardo Chapolin, 11 minutes and 36 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 21 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its seven results came early, against three of the five above it. Charles Johnson (submission, round three), Donte Johnson (knockout, round one) and Lucas Fernando (knockout, round three) all closed before the judges were needed.
Eight ranked fighters appeared, and four of them were in the top two bouts, among them champions Islam Makhachev and Mackenzie Dern.
Eight weight classes were used, welterweight most often with five bouts. Paramount+ carried all 15 bouts, split across a main card and two preliminary blocks.
