Jack Della Maddalena ready for next title fight

Former welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena knows his champion warring years are yet to come. The Australian has nary volition of waiting and watching others, particularly aft achieving the occurrence of his beingness successful May of past twelvemonth erstwhile helium defeated Belal Muhammad astatine UFC 315 to triumph the belt. However, his reign was short-lived. In his archetypal rubric defence astatine UFC 322, helium was defeated by a determination by erstwhile lightweight champion Islam Makhachev. Although the decision was painful, the 29-year-old combatant made it wide that helium has nary clip to cry.

"Nothing is decided yet, I'm conscionable waiting," helium told the YouTube transmission N3ON. "I would emotion to combat Shavkat Rahmonov. It's a combat I've ever wanted. Whether it volition happen, I don't know. If not, past possibly Michael Morales oregon Carlos Prates, 1 of those guys."

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Shavkat Rahmonov, undefeated astatine 19-0, was primitively acceptable to situation Muhammad for the belt, but wounded prevented him from doing so, opening the doorway for Della Maddalena.

"That's the fight," helium said shortly. "A triumph implicit idiosyncratic similar Shavkat automatically puts you close backmost astatine the top."

The Australian admits that there's inactive a lingering tendency for a rematch against the caller welterweight champion.

"That would beryllium a imagination travel true," helium added. "That's wherefore I privation to combat Shavkat. If you bushed a feline similar that, you're backmost successful the rubric game."

Of course, the UFC seldom offers casual options. Lately, there's been expanding speech of a imaginable showdown with Carlos Prates, who is coming disconnected a knockout of erstwhile champion Leon Edwards and has publically called retired the Australian. "That would beryllium a large fight. Let's go," Della Maddalena said. "He's got a bully stand-up, but I deliberation I'd decorativeness him. It would person to beryllium 5 rounds. Honestly, that would beryllium brutal."

Jack Della Maddalena does not look for casual fights; helium wants opponents who volition reconstruct his spot among the best. His strategy is clear: determination is nary clip for stagnation, each combat indispensable bring him person to a caller title.