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UFC 330: Newcomer saves bout on 4 days’ notice for Makhachev vs. Machado Garry fight card

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UFC 330: Newcomer saves bout on 4 days’ notice for Makhachev vs. Machado Garry fight card

Jose Ochoa is out of Saturday night's UFC 330 in Philadelphia with an injury, but Charles Johnson will remain on the card as the promotion was quick to find a replacement in Eduardo Chapolin.

The news was confirmed on the official event page Wednesday, following Johnson announcing the change on social media.

UFC 330 proceeds with 12 bouts, including a pair of championship contests in Islam Makhachev vs. Ian Machado Garry and Mackenzie Dern vs. Gillian Robertson.

Chapolin (15-2) last fought in November 2025, beating An Tuan Ho via decision at Dana White's Contender Series, but wasn't offered a contract. The former LFA flyweight champion also competed on season 33 of The Ultimate Fighter in 2025.

Johnson (19-9) will become the most active fighter in the UFC with his upcoming appearance on Aug. 15, averaging one bout in every 98 days. Johnson already fought three times in 2026, with a win over Bruno Silva sandwiched between losses to Asu Almabayev and Alex Perez.

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PFL finalizes Tampa fight card for Cris Cyborgs expected MMA farewell

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PFL finalizes Tampa fight card for Cris Cyborg's expected MMA farewell
The
Professional Fighters League has finalized the lineup for its
Aug. 22 event in Tampa, Florida.

PFL Tampa takes place at Benchmark International Arena, with
mixed martial arts legend Cris
Cyborg defending the women’s featherweight championship against
fellow Brazilian Ketlen
Vieira in what is expected to be her final fight.

Cris Cyborg vs. Ketlen Vieira tops finalized PFL Tampa
lineup

Apart from Cyborg's featherweight title defense, the PFL Tampa
lineup also features former PFL lightweight champion Gadzhi
Rabadanov (27-5-1) facing promotion newcomer Tracy
Reeder (12-5).

Also on the main card, Gustavo
Oliveira (13-2) will take on 2025 PFL world tournament champion
Marcirley
Alves (15-5) at bantamweight, while England’s Luke
Trainer (10-1), who has a five-fight winning streak, will face
undefeated PFL newcomer Roland
Dunlap (7-0) at light heavyweight.

Cris Cyborg's
final MMA bout headlines PFL Tampa: Tune in on Saturday, Aug. 22 at
10 p.m. ET on ESPN.

The preliminary card features Magomed
Magomedov, Taila
Santos and Natan
Schulte, among many others.

PFL Tampa Main Card

Cris
Cyborg vs. Ketlen
Vieira (Women’s Featherweight Championship)
Gadzhi
Rabadanov vs. Tracy
Reeder (Lightweight)
Gustavo
Oliveira vs. Marcirley
Alves (Bantamweight)
Luke
Trainer vs. Roland
Dunlap (Light Heavyweight)

PFL Tampa Preliminary Card

Magomed
Magomedov vs. Daniel
Marcos (Bantamweight)
Taila
Santos vs. Sabrinna
de Sousa (Women’s Flyweight)
Movsar
Ibragimov vs. Javid
Basharat (Bantamweight)
Dakota
Bush vs. Morquez
Forest (Lightweight)
Natan
Schulte vs. Makkasharip
Zaynukov (Lightweight)
Gino van
Steenis vs. Robert
Watley (Lightweight)
Florim
Zendeli vs. Omran
Chaaban (Welterweight)
Eoin
Sheridan vs. James Vake
(Welterweight)

PFL Tampa’s preliminary action begins at 5:30 p.m. ET on the ESPN
App, followed by the main card at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN.

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Mackenzie Dern pushes back on Ian Garry’s comments about women

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Mackenzie Dern pushes back on Ian Garry’s comments about women
While Mackenzie
Dern is a strong, independent woman, she prefers her man
running the show.

Dern puts her
Ultimate Fighting Championship strawweight title on the line
against Gillian
Robertson in the co-main event of UFC
330 on Aug. 15 at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. Ahead
of the event, Dern addressed headliner Ian Garry's
recent comments about women running the world.

Mackenzie Dern discusses traditional relationships before her
UFC 330 title defense

Garry recently drew a variety of reactions from fans and fellow
fighters for saying that the world would be a better place if women
ran everything. However, the UFC women's strawweight champion
disagrees with Garry. Dern says that while women in her family are
strong, she comes from a traditional background. Dern likes being
protected and cared for by her man, though she wouldn't hesitate to
go to war alongside him if needed.

“I come from a little bit more traditional upbringing,†Dern said
at UFC 330 media day. “Obviously, the women in my family are super
strong and independent. And they taught me how to be a strong
woman. But I like the guy protecting, leading and doing that stuff.
And I like to just relax. If I need to go to war with him, I will.
But I'm a mommy. I think it's very good that we're strong women and
we don't depend on guys. But I like the man taking the lead.â€

Dern looks to defend her title for the first time since winning it
last year, while Garry challenges Islam
Makhachev for the welterweight championship, looking to snap
the Dagestani's historic win streak.

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Ian Garry accuses Islam Makhachev of wearing heels at face-off

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Ian Garry accuses Islam Makhachev of wearing heels at face-off
Ian
Garry believes Islam
Makhachev is significantly shorter than he is, despite the
minimal height difference at their first face-off.

Garry (17-1) is set to challenge Makhachev (28-1) for the
Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title at UFC
330 on Aug. 15 at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. At
6-foot-3 tall, Garry officially has a 5-inch height advantage over
Makhachev. However, they were nearly eye-to-eye when they faced off
for the first time in front of the iconic Rocky statue in
Philly.

Ian Garry addresses lack of height difference in first face-off
with Islam Makhachev

Garry claims Makhachev was wearing high heels to nullify the height
difference. The Irishman is sure that he'll be significantly taller
during the ceremonial weigh-in face-offs, where they both have to
wear the same type of shoes.

“He was wearing high heels,†Garry said in an interview with
Paramount+. “He was wearing stilettos. Wait till you see Friday
night when we're both wearing the same shoes… Because we're
obligated to wear the same shoes.â€

Makhachev refuted Garry's accusations, claiming to have worn
regular shoes during the face-off. The Dagestani champion also says
that he has grown bigger since the UFC first recorded his official
height at 5-foot-10 before his Octagon debut in 2015.

“It's regular shoes, nothing special,†Makhachev said. “And that
number which I have right now is because UFC check my [height] when
I debuted 10-11 years ago. UFC have to check again. I have become
big right now. I'm welterweight, no more lightweight.â€


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