Chael Sonnen was not impressed with Jack Della Maddalena’s efficiency at UFC 322 on Saturday night time.
“I really feel Jack underperformed. We have been 10 minutes into that combat… Jack hasn’t thrown a punch but,” Sonnen mentioned throughout ESPN’s UFC 322 post-fight present. “20 minutes into this combat, he had thrown a complete of 31 punches. Of these 31 – solely 20 of them landed and most of those have been to the physique. I used to be ready for Jack to get going. It was the identical place rinse and repeat.
“I respect an excellent double leg, the opposite facet of that, I realized that in my first 5 minutes of wrestling apply.”
In accordance with the official stats for the showdown, Della Maddalena solely related on 30 of 74 whole strikes, whereas Makhachev related on 140 of 188 whole strikes. Makhachev additionally landed 4 takedowns and had 19:10 minutes of management time for the 25-minute combat.
UFC analyst Anthony Smith was additionally puzzled by the hassle put out by the previous UFC welterweight champion.
“I used to be disillusioned in Jack’s output, and his potential to get to his toes… Jack wasn’t doing sufficient to pressure Islam to must work any more durable. He was very content material to simply maintain the place. He chased a few submissions. He didn’t must work too laborious at it although,” Smith mentioned on the post-fight present. “Jack actually by no means obtained occurring his toes. He solely is profitable when he punches in combos, when he’s switching stanches in mid-combination, when he’s going to the physique. He did completely none of that…Jack didn’t pressure him to must get into second gear – so why would you?”
