Islam Makhachev is ready to make history.<\/p>\n
The welterweight champion successfully made weight for the first title defense of his second belt, coming in at 170 pounds at Friday\u2019s official weigh-ins for the main event of UFC 330 in Philadelphia. Opponent Ian Machado Garry also hit the mark at 170, making their title fight official.<\/p>\n
Watch highlights of the official weigh-ins above.<\/p>\n
Not only can Makhachev join the short list of fighters (Henry Cejudo, Daniel Cormier, Jon Jones, Amanda Nunes) to successfully defend UFC titles in two division, a 17th straight victory for the former lightweight champion will also break the legendary Anderson Silva\u2019s record for the most consecutive wins in UFC history.<\/p>\n
Backup Michael Morales also successfully made weight at 170 pounds. Morales is available to step in for Makhachev or Garry in the event that they are unable to compete Saturday.<\/p>\n
The UFC 330 co-main event also has gold on the line with Mackenzie Dern defending the strawweight title for the first time against Gillian Robertson. Both fighters hit championship weight at 115 pounds.<\/p>\n
All 24 fighters weighing in for Saturday\u2019s event at Xfinity Mobile Arena successfully made weight, with only Chidi Njokuani having a close call on the scale. Njokuani initially weighed in at 171.5 pounds, 0.5 pounds over the welterweight limit, but it wasn\u2019t long before he returned for a second attempt behind a curtain and made 171 (utilizing the one-pound allowance for a non-title fight).<\/p>\n
Check out UFC 330 weigh-in results below.<\/p>\n
Main Card (Paramount+ at 9 p.m. ET)<\/p>\n
Islam Makhachev (170) vs. Ian Machado Garry (170)<\/p>\n
Mackenzie Dern (115) vs. Gillian Robertson (115)<\/p>\n
Jalin Turner (156) vs. Kaue Fernandes (156)<\/p>\n
Mansur Abdul-Malik (186) vs. Dustin Stoltzfus (185)<\/p>\n
Edson Barboza (156) vs. Esteban Ribovics (156)<\/p>\n
Preliminary Card (Paramount+ at 7 p.m. ET)<\/p>\n
Chidi Njokuani (171)* vs. Joel Alvarez (171)<\/p>\n
Charles Johnson (129.5) vs. Eduardo Chapolin (129.5) \u2014 130-pound catchweight bout<\/p>\n
Donte Johnson (184.5) vs. Eric McConico (186)<\/p>\n
Vicente Luque (186) vs. Tresean Gore (186)<\/p>\n
Early Prelims (Paramount+ at 5:30 p.m. ET)<\/p>\n
Rafael Tobias (204) vs. Lucas Fernando (205)<\/p>\n
Neil Magny (171) vs. Ramiz Brahimaj (170)<\/p>\n
Myktybek Orolbai (170.5) vs. Jeremiah Wells (171)<\/p>\n
Main event backup: Michael Morales (170)<\/p>\n
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