Islam Makhachev Defeats Ian Machado Garry at UFC 330
Islam Makhachev defeated Ian Machado Garry by unanimous decision at UFC 330 on August 15, 2026, retaining the UFC welterweight championship. The judges scored the fight 49–46, 49–46 and 48–47.
Five rounds decided the title fight
Makhachev completed his first defense of the welterweight belt with a decision over Garry. The scorecards show that all three judges favored the champion, although one card had a narrower margin than the other two.
The bout went the full championship distance, so the title did not change hands through a stoppage. UFC’s official result and scorecards record the winner, division, title status and judges’ totals.
A new weight-class chapter
Makhachev entered the event as the reigning welterweight champion, after earlier success in the lightweight division. Garry’s challenge put a new opponent in front of him at 170 pounds, but the official outcome left the championship with Makhachev.
UFC 330 took place in Philadelphia at Xfinity Mobile Arena. The verified result gives a clear point of reference for later discussion of the division without assuming what matchup the UFC will book next.
The same UFC 330 main card included Mackenzie Dern’s unanimous decision over Gillian Robertson and Esteban Ribovics’s second-round TKO of Edson Barboza. Both championship bouts went five rounds and ended in unanimous decisions.
