{"id":774707,"date":"2026-07-02T04:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/774707\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T04:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:12:17","slug":"several-fun-fights-added-to-ufc-330-in-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/774707\/","title":{"rendered":"Several Fun Fights Added To UFC 330 In Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four fights have been added to UFC 330<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heads to \u201cThe City of Brotherly Love\u201d next month<\/a> (Sat., Aug. 15, 2026) inside Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the main event, Welterweight champion Islam Makhachev defends his title for the first time against Ireland\u2019s Ian Machado Garry.<\/p>\n

Today (Weds., July 1, 2026), the promotion officially announced several additions to the stacked Philly card.<\/p>\n

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 12: Neil Magny poses on the scale during the UFC Fight Night weigh-in at UFC APEX on December 12, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n

First up, all-time UFC Welterweight wins leader Neil Magny returns against submission specialist Ramiz Brahimaj.<\/p>\n

Magny (31-14) had his two-fight win streak snapped in his last outing when he ran into a debuting Yaroslav Amosov, who submitted him in the very first round (watch highlights<\/a>). \u201cThe Haitian Sensation\u201d is 5-6 in his last 11 fights, but remains one of the most experienced Welterweights in UFC history.<\/p>\n

Brahimaj (13-6) also had his win streak snapped in his last outing, losing a unanimous decision to Puna Soriano earlier this year at UFC Houston. Prior to that setback, he was riding a three-fight win streak. Brahimaj owns a 100 percent finish rate with 12 submissions and one knockout.<\/p>\n

\"HOUSTON,<\/a><\/p>\n

HOUSTON, TEXAS – FEBRUARY 20: Geoff Neal poses on the scale during the UFC Fight Night ceremonial weigh-in at Toyota Center on February 20, 2026 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n

More Welterweights collide when former ranked contender Geoff Neal takes on Chidi Njokuani in what should be guaranteed violence \u2014 and a must-win fight for both men.<\/p>\n

Neal (16-8) is coming off back-to-back brutal knockout losses for the first time in his career. He was first starched by Carlos Prates at UFC 319 (watch highlights<\/a>) and then most recently knocked out by Uros Medic in the co-main event of UFC Houston (watch highlights<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Njokuani (25-12-1), meanwhile, is also riding a two-fight losing streak. After starting his return to the Welterweight division with three straight wins, \u201cChidi Bang Bang\u201d has dropped consecutive fights to Carlos Leal and Jake Matthews.<\/p>\n

\"LAS<\/a><\/p>\n

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 06: Jalin Turner walks to the Octagon in a lightweight fight during the UFC 323 event at T-Mobile Arena on December 06, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n

Former ranked Lightweight contender Jalin Turner will also return against Kaue Fernandes in what should be an absolute banger.<\/p>\n

Turner (15-9) came back from a nine-month retirement last year and immediately dispatched Edson Barboza in the first round at UFC 323 (watch highlights<\/a>). Prior to that, \u201cThe Tarantula\u201d had suffered back-to-back stoppage losses<\/a>, which caused him to step away and briefly announce his retirement. Turner owns a 100 percent finish rate.<\/p>\n

Fernandes (11-2), meanwhile, stumbled out of the gate in his UFC debut but has since rattled off three straight wins. That run includes a victory over the once ultra-hyped Guram Kutateladze and a brutal demolition of Harry Hardwick, whom he stopped with calf kicks (watch it<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 13: Myktybek Orolbai of Kyrgyzstan poses on the scale during the UFC Fight Night official weigh-ins at Meta APEX on March 13, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n

Finally, hometown fighter Jeremiah Wells collides with top Lightweight-turned-Welterweight prospect Myktybek Orolbai.<\/p>\n

Orolbai (16-2-1) has been perfect since moving to 170 pounds, brutally knocking out Jack Hermansson in his divisional debut (watch highlights<\/a>) before dominating Chris Curtis in his last outing<\/a>. Prior to his move to Welterweight, he submitted both Tofiq Musayev<\/a> and Medic, who is now also competing at 170 pounds.<\/p>\n

Wells (13-4) started his UFC career on fire, winning four straight fights with three finishes<\/a>. However, he dropped two straight fights in 2023 and 2024 before returning from more than a year off to defeat Themba Gorimbo via unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

Check out what UFC 330 looks like so far:<\/p>\n

Islam Makhachev vs. Ian Machado Garry
Mackenzie Dern vs. Gillian Robertson
Erin Blanchfield vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius
Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Neil Magny
Geoff Neal vs. Chidi Njokuani
Edson Barboza vs. Esteban Ribovics
Myktybek Orolbai vs. Jeremiah Wells
Jalin Turner vs. Kaue Fernandes
Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Dustin Stoltzfus
Tresean Gore vs. Vicente Luque<\/p>\n

To checkout UFC\u2019s upcoming schedule of events click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four fights have been added to UFC 330. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heads to \u201cThe City of Brotherly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,49483,139445,702,4454],"class_list":["post-774707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-fight-announcements","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-news","tag-upcoming-ufc-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}