"He ate the prey with his eyes" - Fans react to close-up POV of Shavkat Rakhmonov and Ian Machado Garry's intense UFC 310 faceoff

Ian Machado Garry is set to lock horns with Shavkat Rakhmonov in the co-main event of UFC 310 on Dec. 7. Ahead of the bout, the two undefeated welterweights exchanging a few words during their faceoff at the UFC 310 press conference, displaying mutual respect and glaring at one another.

UFC CEO Dana White uploaded the faceoff video on his Instagram.

The video drew plenty of reactions from fight fans, who did not hold back. One user spoke highly of Rakhmonov, commenting:

"Shavkat is a real Kazakh hunter! He ate the prey with his eyes. Now it remains to eat it in open combat... We are waiting for Sunday, Shavkat go ahead! ☝️🇰🇿"

Another wrote:

"Shavkat is looking at him like dinner."

One fan saw a difference in Rakhmonov's demeanor this week:

"Shavkat is acting different than what we are used to. 👀"

Check out a few more reactions below:

Screenshots courtesy: @danawhite on Instagram

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Shavkat Rakhmonov believes Ian Machado Garry is thinking too far ahead

During a recent appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show, Ian Machado Garry expressed confidence in defeating Shavkat Rakhmonov this weekend before beating Belal Muhammad in 2025 to win the welterweight title. Then, 'The Future' wants to move up to middleweight to fight Khamzat Chimaev.

However, 'Nomad', the first obstacle on Garry's lost list of ambitious objectives, recently informed MMA Fighting:

"Yeah, I think he’s going to stumble in the first step."

Rakhmonov was originally scheduled to fight Muhammad, the welterweight champ who was going to defend his title for the first time. Because of 'Remember the Name's' withdrawal due to a serious bone infection, 'The Future' who was originally scheduled to fight Joaquin Buckley, stepped out of that bout and decided to fight the unbeaten Kazakh fighter instead.

'Nomad' could have potentiallywaited for Muhammad to recover and gone straight for the title fight, but he decided to fight Garry to keep himself active and give fans what they desired.

At UFC 310, he is certain that he will be the first to defeat the Irish fighter:

"All of that will end with my hand being raised with my victory."

See the full interview below: