Mixed martial arts fans will have plenty to watch this weekend as UFC 330 brings two championship fights and a stacked lineup of contenders to Philadelphia.
The event, scheduled for Saturday at Xfinity Mobile Arena at the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, marks the city's first numbered UFC card in more than 15 years and is expected to draw attention from combat sports fans across the region.
Headlining the card is a welterweight title fight between champion Islam Makhachev and top-ranked challenger Ian Machado Garry, while women's strawweight champion Mackenzie Dern will defend her title against Gillian Robertson in the co-main event.
The fight card also includes several Pennsylvania connections, including Philadelphia native Jeremiah Wells and an all-Pennsylvania middleweight bout between Pittsburgh-born Mansur Abdul-Malik and Lancaster County product Dustin Stoltzfus.
Here's a look at the fighters scheduled to compete and the matchups generating the most attention heading into UFC 330.
Damon C. Williams is a Philadelphia-based journalist reporting on trending, breaking and service-related topics across the Mid-Atlantic region for the USA Today Network.
This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: UFC 330 coming to Philadelphia this weekend. Here's who's fighting
Leave a Comment