Jack Della Maddalena is more than pleased to provide Islam Makhachev a crack on the welterweight title.
Subsequent month, Maddalena challenges Belal Muhammad for the welterweight title at UFC 315, and it’s been closely rumored that light-weight champion Islam Makhachev is ready on that struggle to find out his subsequent bout. Makhachev is pals with Muhammad and thus received’t transfer up if Belal is the champion, but when Maddalena pulls off the upset, the assumption is that Makhachev will get the primary crack at Maddalena. And that’s completely alright with Maddalena.
“That may be good,” Maddalena mentioned on the Grin Reapers YouTube channel. “In Perth. That may be a little bit of a narrative, Volk [revenge]. We’ll see. Something’s attainable. We get by means of Belal, after which I feel, yeah, I assume alternatives will current themselves.”
Volkanovski, clearly, has loads of historical past with Makhachev, shedding to him in a pair of light-weight title fights in 2023. And whereas Maddalena and Volkanovski aren’t from the identical group, each are from Australia and have spent a while coaching collectively, together with lately as Volkanovski ready for his UFC 314 title struggle with Diego Lopes. And Maddalena has immense respect for the featherweight champion and what he means for Australia.
“In my view, possibly Australia’s — clearly, I’m a bit biased, however Australia’s best athlete,” Maddalena mentioned. “You’d must put him up there. Perhaps if he didn’t win this one, you wouldn’t put him in that listing, however after successful this one, you must put him within the dialog.”
Maddalena faces Belal Muhammad in the primary occasion of UFC 315, which matches down on Might 10 at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
