UFC 330 — UK Odds
UFC 330 priced across every UK-licensed sportsbook we track. Decimal odds by default; fractional and American on each headline card for cross-reference. Shop around — even a fifteen-pence difference on a fiver stake pays out over a year of betting.
Islam Makhachev walks into Philadelphia at 28-1 with a UFC welterweight belt he moved up a weight class to win. Ian Garry sits at 17-1, unbeaten in the UFC, and hasn't yet been in with anyone who wrestles like the champion. UFC 330 answers three questions at once — is Garry ready, is Makhachev really the same fighter at 170, and does anyone at welterweight have a stylistic answer to the sambo game.
Style read
Garry is a slick outfighter who wins scorecards by being cleaner at range. Makhachev doesn't stand at range — he closes the distance, changes levels, and drowns opponents in top control. The two games barely intersect.
How each fighter wins
Makhachev wins by taking Garry down inside two minutes of the first round and never letting him get up. He's the strongest lightweight-to-welterweight of his generation, and Garry's takedown defence against sambo-level entries has never been tested at this level. Model outcome: a submission by round three.
Garry wins by stuffing takedowns for 25 minutes. He has to keep the fight vertical, use the jab to keep Makhachev at range, and land enough clean shots on the outside that he wins scorecards from three neutral judges. It's a viable path but it demands 25 uninterrupted minutes of the best defensive wrestling of his career.
Key stats
- ▸Makhachev 28-1, 5 KO, 12 SUB — former lightweight champ, current welterweight
- ▸Garry 17-1, 7 KO — unbeaten in the UFC
- ▸Age gap: Garry six years younger
- ▸Makhachev career takedown accuracy near 60%
- ▸Five rounds scheduled — main-event championship distance
The read
Deep-stats read on both fighters — how they win, how durable they are, and where the numbers actually diverge. Data pulled from Islam Makhachev and Ian Garry's career records — not opinion.
How they win
Makhachev finishes early. 5 of Makhachev's 5 stoppage wins on record have come inside three rounds — that's 100% of the KOs.
Makhachev has been stopped once in 29 fights — an outlier night against an opponent well outside the division. Durability holds up in this weight class.
Garry finishes early. 7 of Garry's 7 stoppage wins on record have come inside three rounds — that's 100% of the KOs.
Garry has never been stopped in 18 professional fights. Chin isn't the question — the question is whether Garry does enough to win rounds.
Form and activity
Makhachev comes in on a 16-fight win streak.
Style and physicals
Makhachev gives up 6 years.
KO rounds — where the stoppages land
| Round | Islam Makhachev | Ian Garry |
|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Round 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Round 3 | 0 | 1 |
Career KO/TKO wins by finishing round, pulled from fight-record history. Use these when weighing a round-group prop.
UK best price
UK bookmakers haven't posted a price for this fight yet. Check back closer to bell time.
Where the value usually sits
On UK-licensed boxing markets the spread between the best and worst price across the book set typically sits at 3–7% of the payout. On a £50 stake that's the difference between £83 and £87 returned — hardly life-changing on a single bet, but it compounds hard over a full year of fight cards. If you only have one book's app open, you're bleeding a few percent every card.
Betfair Exchange usually has the best price on heavy favourites because the 5% commission model beats the traditional book's implicit vig. bet365 and Sky Bet trade the top spot on domestic main events — Sky when Matchroom is on the marquee, bet365 otherwise. Paddy Power ships the loudest boosts on heavyweight fights.
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