Jack Della Maddalena is very happy to present Islam Makhachev a crack on the welterweight title.
Subsequent month, Maddalena challenges Belal Muhammad for the welterweight title at UFC 315, and it’s been closely rumored that light-weight champion Islam Makhachev is ready on that combat to find out his subsequent bout. Makhachev is pals with Muhammad and thus gained’t transfer up if Belal is the champion, but when Maddalena pulls off the upset, the assumption is that Makhachev will get the primary crack at Maddalena. And that’s completely alright with Maddalena.
“That will be good,” Maddalena stated on the Grin Reapers YouTube channel. “In Perth. That will be a little bit of a narrative, Volk [revenge]. We’ll see. Something’s potential. We get by way of Belal, after which I feel, yeah, I assume alternatives will current themselves.”
Volkanovski, clearly, has loads of historical past with Makhachev, dropping to him in a pair of light-weight title fights in 2023. And whereas Maddalena and Volkanovski aren’t from the identical workforce, each are from Australia and have spent a while coaching collectively, together with lately as Volkanovski ready for his UFC 314 title combat with Diego Lopes. And Maddalena has immense respect for the featherweight champion and what he means for Australia.
“In my view, perhaps Australia’s — clearly, I’m a bit biased, however Australia’s biggest athlete,” Maddalena stated. “You’d must put him up there. Perhaps if he didn’t win this one, you wouldn’t put him in that checklist, however after profitable this one, it’s important to put him within the dialog.”
Maddalena faces Belal Muhammad in the principle occasion of UFC 315, which matches down on Might 10 at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
