UFC 330 Announced For Philadelphia Return On August 15

The UFC is BACK in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with UFC 330. It’s been seven years since UFC has been in the city of Philadelphia, ever since UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Barboza in March of 2019. But, now, they’re finally going back to the city of brotherly love.

UFC President Dana White and Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro went live together on the Pat McAfee show today to announce UFC 330 will be coming to the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, PA.

Dana White worked with Josh Shapiro and the state of Pennsylvania to get this done, noting that this is just one of the big things coming to the state, alongside the NFL Draft next week, the World Cup, PGA Championship and now a UFC numbered event.

When asked if there’s more in the future for UFC and Pennsylvania, Shapiro said “For Sure.”

“So, look, obviously we’re celebrating USA 250 and this is the place where it all began. Right here in Pennsylvania, so, we wanted to line up everything. You heard Dana talk about it, we’ve got the NFL Draft next week, MLB All-Star Game, PGA Championship at Aronimink, World Cup, we just had March Madness and so, I was hellbent on getting UFC to be apart of that package of massive events here in Pennsylvania. It probably started a year and a half or so ago, our conversations with UFC. I made very clear we were serious, we wanted UFC here, we know it’s a huge economic driver. Tens and millions of dollars for our local economy, but it’s also just a great opportunity for people who love this growing sport to be able to come together. So, we worked hard, we negotiated, we protected the tax payers and we also […] them an opportunity and UFC was great to work with in this.”

Obviously no card has been announced for this event. But, Philly natives Joe Pyfer just picked up a win over Israel Adesanya at UFC Seattle, and Sean Brady, another Philadelphia native, has a fight on May 9 against Joaquin Buckley. Both men are probably clamoring to be on this Philly return card.

UFC 330 live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will be viewable on Paramount+ on August 15.