Islam Makhachev is ready to make history.
The welterweight champion successfully made weight for the first title defense of his second belt, coming in at 170 pounds at Friday’s 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.
Watch highlights of the official weigh-ins above.
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’s record for the most consecutive wins in UFC history.
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.
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.
All 24 fighters weighing in for Saturday’s 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’t long before he returned for a second attempt behind a curtain and made 171 (utilizing the one-pound allowance for a non-title fight).
Check out UFC 330 weigh-in results below.
Main Card (Paramount+ at 9 p.m. ET)
Islam Makhachev (170) vs. Ian Machado Garry (170)
Mackenzie Dern (115) vs. Gillian Robertson (115)
Jalin Turner (156) vs. Kaue Fernandes (156)
Mansur Abdul-Malik (186) vs. Dustin Stoltzfus (185)
Edson Barboza (156) vs. Esteban Ribovics (156)
Preliminary Card (Paramount+ at 7 p.m. ET)
Chidi Njokuani (171)* vs. Joel Alvarez (171)
Charles Johnson (129.5) vs. Eduardo Chapolin (129.5) — 130-pound catchweight bout
Donte Johnson (184.5) vs. Eric McConico (186)
Vicente Luque (186) vs. Tresean Gore (186)
Early Prelims (Paramount+ at 5:30 p.m. ET)
Rafael Tobias (204) vs. Lucas Fernando (205)
Neil Magny (171) vs. Ramiz Brahimaj (170)
Myktybek Orolbai (170.5) vs. Jeremiah Wells (171)
Main event backup: Michael Morales (170)
*Njokuani missed weight on first attempt (171.5), but successfully made weight on second attempt
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