UFC 330 happens Saturday night. We’ve got facts and figures on the main card fighters. <\/p>\n
Bringing the promotion to Philadelphia, UFC 330<\/a> sees welterweight king Islam Makhachev defending his championship for the first time against streaking Irish standout Ian Machado Garry. In the co-main event, top-notch grappling specialist and current UFC <\/a>strawweight titleholder Mackenzie Dern makes her first outing as champion when she meets her latest challenger Gillian Robertson. \u00a0<\/p>\n Check out more interesting pre-event facts about the main card fighters of UFC 330 down below.<\/p>\n UFC 330: Edson Barboza vs. Esteban Ribovics<\/p>\n Edson Barboza<\/p>\n Barboza is tied with Dustin Poirier<\/a> for the second most Fight of the Night awards in UFC history with 10. He is tied with Melvin Guillard and Justin Gaethje<\/a> for the third most knockouts in UFC lightweight history with seven.<\/p>\n He holds the record for most knockdowns in UFC history with 16. His UFC record stands at 18-14.<\/p>\n Esteban Ribovics<\/p>\n Ribovics has earned three Fight of the Night awards. He is a former Samurai Fight House and Fusion FC lightweight and interim lightweight champion, respectively.<\/p>\n UFC 330: Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Dustin Stoltzfus<\/p>\n Mansur Abdul-Malik<\/p>\n Abdul-Malik boasts a 100 percent finish rate with seven knockouts and and two submissions. He has earned one Performance of the Night award.<\/p>\n Abdul-Malik has scored UFC wins over Du\u0161ko Todorovi\u0107, Nick Klein, and Antonio Tr\u00f3coli<\/p>\n Dustin Stoltzfus<\/p>\n Stolzfus is a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He is a former We Love MMA middleweight champion, netting two title defenses.<\/p>\n He has earned two Performance of the Night awards<\/p>\n UFC 330: Jalin Turner vs. Kau\u00ea Fernandes<\/p>\n Jalin Turner<\/p>\n Turner possesses the longest reach among current UFC lightweight fighters at 77 inches. He holds stoppage wins over Uro\u0161 Medic<\/a>, King Green<\/a>, and Edson Barboza.<\/a>\u00a0He is the tallest fighter on the main card at 6-foot-3<\/p>\n Kau\u00ea Fernandes<\/p>\n Fernandes is a former 150-lb champion. He has not lost a fight in nearly three years, winning his last three bouts in a row.<\/p>\n He has earned one Performance of the Night award. He has not fought since finishing Harry Hardwick last September.<\/p>\n UFC 330: Mackenzie Dern vs. Gillian Robertson<\/p>\n Mackenzie Dern<\/p>\n Dern is a third degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt. She holds the record for the most submission wins in UFC strawweight history with five.<\/p>\n She is tied with Virna Jandiroba<\/a> for the most submission attempts in UFC women’s strawweight history with 16. She is the sixth woman to hold the UFC strawweight title<\/p>\n Gillian Robertson<\/p>\n Robertson holds the record for the most finishes in UFC women\u2019s flyweight history with 7. She also holds the record for the most submission wins in UFC women\u2019s history with 7<\/p>\n She is tied with Amanda Nunes<\/a> for the most finishes in UFC women’s history with 10. Her appearance at UFC 330 will be her first championship match<\/p>\n UFC 330: Islam Makhachev vs. Ian Machado Garry<\/p>\n Islam Makhachev<\/p>\n Makhachev holds the record for most UFC Lightweight Championship title defenses with four.\u00a0He is the 11th fighter in UFC history to become a two-weight champion<\/p>\n He is tied with Anderson Silva<\/a> for the longest winning streak in UFC history with 15. He is the current number one fighter on the UFC\u2019s men\u2019s pound-for-pound rankings.<\/a><\/p>\n Ian Machado Garry<\/p>\n Garry is a black belt in Judo. He is the former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship welterweight champion. He is tied with Leon Edwards<\/a> and Jack Della Maddalena<\/a> for the third-longest win streak in UFC welterweight history with eight successive victories <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC 330 happens Saturday night. We’ve got facts and figures on the main card fighters. 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