Jack Della Maddalena already has other UFC champions calling for his name.
The main Weltewonds weight event of the UFC 315 had to have an impact on the scene of the Title Léger while International Combat Week at the end of June is still waiting for a headliner. Light champion and N ° 1 Book book N ° 1 Book for BookIslam Makhachev, has long sought a second title at 170 pounds, but he is both friend and occasional training partners with Belal Muhammad, which means that a Muhammad victory on Saturday evening would probably delay plans for Makhachev to make the Welter weight.
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After Della Maddalena, 28, managed to dethrone Muhammad via a unanimous decision, Makhachev instantly I went to social networks and told the Aussie to “keep my belt clean”.
Although it only becomes freshly in champion, Della Maddalena is ready to take up the challenge.
“Obviously, Islam, what he did, I think he deserves the blow if he wants to intensify,” said Della Maddalena after action at the Bell Center in Montreal. “But I guess it's not my call. It's at UFC.
“I think it was a good match for Islam. It's a pretty good race, but it's just the start. Come and get him. Come and get him.”
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Della Maddalena's victory is a potential positive for Makhatchev's career, if the king book for book obtains his wish. Makhachev, 33, is already a record champion of the UFC, having broken the record for most of the consecutive titles in the 155 -pound division during his sequence of victories of 15 fights in progress – which is also coupled with the second sequence of the longest victories in the history of the UFC.
Muhammad transported its own number of 11 undefeated fights in the UFC 315 and, finally, gave the new Welters weight champion throughout his war at five lapsBut it was nothing that “JDM” had not prepared.
“I expected a difficult fight,” said Della Maddalena. “Obviously, he is a good fighter, a hunt for pressure, a good struggle. It is quite well balanced, so I expected a difficult fight.
“He said he was not going to shoot withdrawals, but I expected, I suppose, a versatile offense. I suppose you can never expect anything. You just have to ride with it, and that's what I do as I did.”
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It was a high drama before the last lap on Saturday, Della Maddalena having done her best in the previous four to stick to her match plan to stay out of the fence. Two judges had the battle linked to Tour 5, and each fighter found moments of success in the five minutes filled with action.
In the end, Della Maddalena marked a lasting impression late, beating and bloody the champion now forming with big punches while the fight ended.
“I was hoping to get him out of there,” said Della Maddalena. “I thought that all week would be cool to finish this late end of combat like the Gilbert Burns (fight). It was good to rally and get it out at the end, but I tried.
“You never know (which will happen), but I was confident to have done a fairly good job, but I suppose you never know when you leave it to the judges.”
