UFC 330: Islam Makhachev responds to Ian Machado Garry's faceoff take

Wed, Aug 12, 2026

Islam Makhachev reacts and responds to Ian Machado Garry saying he had "nervous energy" at their UFC 330 faceoff.

Ian was in here earlier, and he said he felt nervous energy from you in the face-off and that you didn't want to be there.

What did you make of that?

What do you make of those comments from him?

Man, I don't know how I just Not like something I want to go there, like, I've been there before also, and, I don't see anything from his eyes.

I just see his eyes and I'm not nervous.

I am This is, like, my second fight week in my life where I am enjoying every moment.

Was the last one the first?

Yeah, the last one and this one.

Yeah.

And a lot of people are make, you know, talking about what you two would look like next to each other.

Is he much bigger than you?

It, it didn't seem like he was that much taller.

Did you notice that as well?

Yeah, I tell the, Rizwan, "UFC have to check my tall again because this was 10 years ago first time.

Now I'm a little bit taller."

also at the face-off yesterday, apparently Ian's son is a big fan of yours, and he wanted to meet you, and he started crying when he couldn't.

What do you think of that, and will you, give him the opportunity to meet you this week?

Yeah, yeah, sure.

We will meet him.

I don't see him there, but we, I, I make him happy.