Morning Report: Jack Della Maddalena out to ‘prove a point’ against Leon Edwards at UFC London

Jack Della Maddalena is able to get again within the cage and earn a title shot.

Becoming a member of the UFC in 2022, “JDM” shortly made a reputation for himself within the welterweight division, scoring three first-round knockouts and three efficiency bonuses in his first 12 months within the promotion. Della Maddalena continued to construct on that momentum, racking up three extra wins and transferring into the Prime 5 within the welterweight division with a win over Gilbert Burns final March. Nonetheless, a few of that momentum has been stymied as Della Maddalena has not competed since then, and talking with Ariel Helwani on Wednesday, he defined why he’s been out of motion for thus lengthy.

“I simply left the struggle with a damaged arm so I bought again to Perth straight after the struggle and had surgical procedure,” Della Maddalena mentioned. “The surgeon mentioned that’s one of the best ways to go about it. It was just about simply meant to be a straightforward surgical procedure. It was only a snapped ulna, put a plate in, however after the surgical procedure it turned contaminated.”

All in all, Della Maddalena mentioned he needed to have 4 surgical procedures on his damaged arm and to handle the following an infection, which stored him out of motion for months. Lastly healed up, Della Maddalena is now set to struggle former welterweight champion Leon Edwards in the principle occasion of UFC London on March 22. It’s a giant alternative for the rising contender and one he needs to utilize to make sure his subsequent struggle is for the belt.

“I believe their plan is to make this kind of a title competition struggle, however I suppose they by no means lock something in,” Della Maddalena mentioned. “I believe it’s very a lot performance-based as effectively, in my view. I believe if I’m going in there and have an in depth break up resolution over Leon and another person has a giant efficiency, they may put them in entrance of me. …

“I wish to go in there and show some extent. Show some extent that I can do to Leon what Belal couldn’t do.”

Belal Muhammad took the welterweight title from Edwards of their struggle at UFC 304 in July. He was then imagined to face the undefeated Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310 this previous December, however withdrew from the bout as a result of harm. As a substitute, Rakhmonov defeated Ian Machado Garry to retain his title shot, and it’s anticipated that Muhammad and Rakhmonov will lastly meet someday this 12 months. And once they do meet, Della Maddalena believes it’s Muhammad who will retain the title and who he’ll struggle subsequent.

“It’s an fascinating struggle. I’m unsure. I believe Shavkat will get him,” Della Maddalena mentioned. “I believe perhaps too aggressive, an excessive amount of ending means. However then even in his final struggle, he didn’t actually present that facet of his preventing model, so I’m unsure. I believe perhaps the wrestling, it would keep on the toes. The wrestling may counteract one another after which I believe Belal may get him to be trustworthy.

“I believe Belal, he has a clumsy model and he may simply be capable of. I believe Belal truly may beat him. And that’s simply based mostly on Shavkat’s final efficiency. I do know it’s exhausting as a result of Garry is a tall striker so it’s a unique kind of matchup, however I believe Belal does have probability to beat Shavkat.”

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