The main card is a pay-per-view through Main Event on Kayo Sports and Foxtel, starting 11:00am AEST on Sunday 16 August. Prelims sit on a different service entirely.

UFC 330 brings two title fights to Philadelphia, with Islam Makhachev defending the welterweight belt against Ian Machado Garry.

For Australians it's a Sunday late-morning card rather than the usual pre-dawn slog. The main card starts at 11:00am AEST on Sunday 16 August, and the three segments of the event are split across three different platforms, which is the part most punters get caught out by.

UFC 330: The Details

• Event: UFC 330
• Main event: Islam Makhachev (c) v Ian Machado Garry, welterweight title
• Co-main: Mackenzie Dern (c) v Gillian Robertson, women's strawweight title
• Venue: Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia
• Date: Saturday 15 August 2026 in the US, Sunday 16 August in Australia
• Main card: 11:00am AEST Sunday 16 August

It's Philadelphia's first numbered UFC event since UFC 133 back in 2011, and only the city's fourth UFC visit.

How to Watch UFC 330 in Australia

Australia splits a numbered UFC event three ways, and knowing which service holds which part saves you paying for the wrong thing.

Main card (the two title fights and the rest of the top of the bill). Pay-per-view through Main Event, available on Foxtel and Kayo Sports. You don't need an ongoing Kayo subscription to order the PPV, which is worth knowing if you only watch the big cards.

• Prelims: Paramount+ and Network Ten. Not on the PPV, and Ten means the prelims are free to air.
• Early prelims: Paramount+ and UFC Fight Pass.

Australia kept the pay-per-view model for numbered main cards even after the UFC shifted to Paramount+ in the United States, so American guides to watching UFC 330 do not apply here. Buying a Paramount+ subscription will get you the prelims and nothing else.

Start Times Across Australia

The main card start is confirmed. Australia is on standard time in August, so there's no daylight saving to factor in.

• AEST (NSW, VIC, QLD, ACT, TAS): 11:00am Sunday 16 August
• ACST (SA, NT): 10:30am Sunday 16 August
• AWST (WA): 9:00am Sunday 16 August

Main event walkouts usually land 90 minutes to two hours into a main card, so expect Makhachev and Garry somewhere around lunchtime on the east coast.

Prelims run through the morning before that. Exact prelim start times get confirmed during fight week, so check them closer to the day.

UFC 330 Fight Card

Main card:

• Islam Makhachev v Ian Machado Garry, welterweight title
• Mackenzie Dern v Gillian Robertson, women's strawweight title

Prelims and undercard:

• Edson Barboza v Esteban Ribovics, lightweight
• Jalin Turner v Kaue Fernandes, lightweight
• Vicente Luque v Tresean Gore, middleweight
• Geoff Neal v Chidi Njokuani, welterweight
• Neil Magny v Ramiz Brahimaj, welterweight
• Myktybek Orolbai v Jeremiah Wells, welterweight
• Mansur Abdul-Malik v Dustin Stoltzfus, middleweight
• Donte Johnson v Eric McConico, middleweight

Bout order can move in the weeks before an event, and Michael Morales is listed as the backup fighter for the main event in case of a late withdrawal. No Australians are on the card, which is unusual for a numbered event in recent years.

What's at Stake

Makhachev is 28-1 and hasn't lost since 2015. His 16-fight win streak matches the UFC record, so beating Garry gives him the record outright. He took the welterweight title off Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 322 in November after vacating the lightweight belt, and this is his first defence at 170 pounds.

Garry is 17-1 with a single loss, to Shavkat Rakhmonov in December 2024. He earned this shot by beating former champion Belal Muhammad, and he brings a significant height and reach advantage into the cage.

The co-main matters too. Dern makes her first defence of the women's strawweight title against Robertson, who has more submission wins than anyone in the division's history.

UFC 330 Betting Markets

For the latest UFC 330 odds and markets, check out our page dedicated to the event.

Beyond the straight head-to-head on each bout, the markets that get the most attention on a card like this are method of victory, round betting, and whether the fight goes the distance. Two title fights scheduled for five rounds change how those price up compared to a three-round undercard bout.

Method of victory is the market that suits the main event. Makhachev's case rests on grappling and Garry's on keeping the fight standing, so the way the fight is won tells you more than who wins it.

Round betting follows the same logic: a grappler landing an early takedown produces a short fight, while a striker keeping distance produces a long one.