Jack Della Maddalena plans to take away the judges from the equation when he takes on Islam Makhachev at UFC 322.
The Australian champion defends his welterweight title for the primary time on Nov. 15 at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York, the place he takes on Makhachev, the No. 1 Pound-for-Pound fighter on this planet. Makhachev is 27-1 with 15 straight victories courting again to 2015 and he solely misplaced the light-weight title when he selected to vacate it following 4 profitable defenses.
When the UFC 322 important occasion is over, Della Maddalena he not solely ends Makhachev’s win streak, however does so in spectacular vogue.
“I’m going to go for it,” Della Maddalena mentioned, chatting with media in Perth, Australia (h/t Submission Radio). “Clearly, that might be the best-case situation, get the end. I can see it occurring and I can see it blowing the roof off MSG. Taking out pound-for-pound No. 1 with no doubts, a end can be the dream.”
Della Maddalena has gone to the playing cards in three of his previous 4 fights, together with his UFC 315 title-winning conquer Belal Muhammad. Few query his ending capacity although as he received this primary 4 UFC fights inside a spherical and scored a clutch third-round knockout of perennial contender Gilbert Burns to earn his championship alternative.
Muhammad’s coaching partnership with Makhachev’s group is well-documented, so Della Maddalena is preserving that in thoughts as he prepares for Makhachev.
“Undoubtedly they’re completely different fighters, completely different challenges,” Della Maddalena mentioned. “Clearly, there’s some similarities throughout the grappling model, however I undoubtedly have a look at Islam as a very completely different problem. Extra ending capacity, extra highly effective on the ft, a special problem that I’m excited for.”
Whereas Makhachev is known for his grappling, he’s confirmed greater than able to doing injury on the ft. Most notably, he completed Alexander Volkanovski of their second combat, connecting with a head kick that shocked Volkanovski en path to a knockout win.
Della Maddalena welcomes each side of Makhachev’s recreation, particularly if the previous light-weight king discovered something from Muhammad’s loss.
“It’s arduous to anticipate something,” Della Maddalena mentioned. “I undoubtedly really feel like he would take a look at the ft. I believe it’s going to start out on the ft and we’ll go from there. However yeah, I believe he’s going to try to combine it up, I believe he’s in all probability going to try to get on the wrestling early, I’d think about, trying again on the Belal combat. He in all probability sees that Belal’s mistake was possibly not getting on the wrestling early. I anticipate within the first spherical we’ll be stepping into not less than some grappling exchanges.”
