Ian Machado Garry towers over Islam Makhachev at pre-fight press conference face-off

Ian Machado Garry does seem to be a little bit bigger than Islam Makhachev.

This Saturday, Garry challenges Makhachev for the welterweight title in the main event of UFC 330. It’s Makhachev’s first defense of his welterweight title, and much has been made of the potential size advantage Garry, a lifelong 170-pounder, would carry into the fight.

That conversation picked up steam earlier this week after the two did a faceoff where Garry didn’t appear significantly bigger than Makhachev, with Makhachev even saying he thought Garry would be taller. Garry, meanwhile, put it down to a difference in shoes, and it seems like Garry might have the right of it, because following the UFC 330 pre-fight press conference on Thursday, Makhachev and Garry faced off once again, and this time Garry appeared noticeably bigger than the champion.

True to how they’ve carried themselves all week, neither Makhachev nor Garry did anything untoward during their staredown, with Garry even patting Makhachev on the back after they separated.

The co-main event on Saturday features Mackenzie Dern making the first defense of her strawweight title against Gillian Robertson, and while both women took some shots at one another during the press conference, their face-off was similarly cordial.

UFC 330 takes place this Saturday at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia.