‘Time to become a double champion’: Islam Makhachev, pros react to Jack Della Maddalena’s UFC 315 title win

Jack Della Maddalena and Belal Muhammad gave followers an unimaginable battle within the UFC 315 essential occasion, and no matter who received, each males acquired loads of reward from their friends.

The final consensus to Saturday’s championship headliner gave the impression to be “What a struggle,” an applicable response given how Della Maddalena and Muhammad battered one another for 5 rounds. In the long run, it was Della Maddalena who received what was primarily a putting battle as he earned a unanimous resolution nod to defeat Muhammad and turn out to be the brand new UFC welterweight champion.

It’s been an unimaginable flip of occasions for Della Maddalena, who was pulled from a struggle with Leon Edwards this previous March to as an alternative problem Muhammad because of No. 1 contender Shavkat Rakhmonov being unavailable because of harm. A lot of the discuss heading into Saturday was not even about how Della Maddalena and Muhammad matched up, however fairly if Muhammad successful would end in his shut pal Islam Makhachev placing apart a welterweight transfer to struggle Ilia Topuria at UFC 317, or if a loss would open the door for Makhachev to alter divisions and struggle Della Maddalena.

Now, it appears Makhachev plans to comply with up on the potential plans, as he tweeted, “Time to turn out to be a double champion. Let’s go.”

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