Jack Della Maddalena guarantees to return again higher after falling to Islam Makhachev within the UFC 322 essential occasion.
That’s the message from the now former UFC welterweight champion in his first assertion after struggling a lopsided determination loss this previous weekend in New York Metropolis. The battle performed out with Della Maddalena spending the vast majority of the time on his again with Makhachev scoring 4 takedowns and racking up over 19 minutes of management time because the Russian mauler turned the eleventh fighter in UFC historical past to win titles in two totally different divisions.
“Due to these at all times supporting,” Della Maddalena wrote on Instagram. “Islam is without doubt one of the greats and deserved to win. I’ll be taught and transfer ahead.”
After exhibiting nice counterwrestling in his title battle win over Belal Muhammad again in Might, Della Maddalena struggled to cease Makhachev’s takedowns throughout their 5 spherical battle.
Whereas he did a exceptional job of staying out of submissions with Makhachev always threatening a possible end on the bottom, Della Maddalena simply couldn’t muster a lot offense over his personal. Over 25 minutes, Della Maddalena solely scored 18 vital strikes — a far cry from the 178 he delivered to beat Muhammad and change into champion.
Whereas falling to Makhachev and dropping the title is an apparent setback, Della Maddalena has been right here earlier than.
The Australian slugger really suffered back-to-back losses within the first two fights of his skilled profession however by no means gave up hope that he may bounce again. He then rattled off 18 straight wins together with eight straight victories to start out his UFC profession.
“I misplaced my first battle after which went into one other battle and had misplaced two fights,” Della Maddalena advised MMA Preventing again in 2022. “My coach wasn’t there the second time round however we spoke on the telephone, we thought I used to be higher than being an 0-2 fighter and we made that pact to get to 10-2.
“It appeared like a large objective at that stage to get 10 wins in a row, however we simply slowly labored at it and made it occur.”
Now Della Maddalena appears to construct a brand new win streak following his setback in opposition to Makhachev at UFC 322.
