It wasn’t even aggressive; Islam Makhachev joins a choose group of fighters to win UFC titles in two weight divisions, defeating Jack Della Maddalena to seize the UFC welterweight championship in the primary occasion of UFC 322.
This marks 16 straight wins for Makhachev, tying Anderson Silva for many consecutive UFC victories.
After a bit early backwards and forwards, Makhachev scored a straightforward takedown of Della Maddalena, controlling the motion on the bottom and, at one level, threatening a choke. The 2 traded in a clinch battle close to the fence to start out the second spherical; nonetheless, Della Maddalena gave up one other takedown and floor management to Makhachev once more — getting dominated with little reply once more.
Low kicks from Makhachev appeared to point out some injury on one in all Della Maddalena’s legs early within the third. Della Maddalena appeared to land effectively in a short clinch battle, however Makhachev simply took him down once more and threatened one other choke.
Makhachev, profiting from a banged up Maddalena leg, continued this takedown and grappling-heavy strain technique all through the fourth and fifth rounds to simply take the win and gold.
Islam Makhachev Claims UFC Welterweight Title In One-Sided Vogue At UFC 323
Makhachev turned UFC light-weight champion by defeating Charles Oliveira at UFC 280. He made profitable defenses towards Alexander Volkanovski (twice), Dustin Poirier, and Renato Moicano earlier than vacating to maneuver as much as welterweight.
Della Maddalena tastes defeat for the primary time since dropping his first two bouts, snapping an 18-fight win streak. He had gained the UFC welterweight title by defeating Belal Muhammad at UFC 315.







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