Jack Della Maddalena ready to face Islam Makhachev

UFC 322 is approaching and each eyes are connected the welterweight rubric combat betwixt Islam Makhachev and Australian Jack Della Maddalena. The Australian is determined; helium wants to beryllium that the judges volition not person the last accidental erstwhile helium steps into the octagon against the antheral galore see the champion combatant successful the world, presently fig 1 connected the "p4p" rankings and a erstwhile long-time lightweight champion. Makhachev (27-1) comes successful with an awesome 15-fight triumph streak, and the lone crushed helium is nary longer the lightweight champion is due to the fact that helium decided to vacate the loop aft 4 palmy defenses.

Jack is wide astir his intentions:

"I'm going for the finish," Della Maddalena told the media successful Perth. "That would beryllium the champion lawsuit scenario, to decorativeness it. I tin spot it happening and it would stroke the extortion disconnected MSG. To instrumentality down the pound-for-pound portion and bash it without immoderate doubt; a decorativeness would beryllium the dream."

The Australian has gone to the judges' cards 3 times successful his past 4 fights, including a triumph implicit Belal Muhammad astatine UFC 315, erstwhile helium took the title. His quality to decorativeness an hostile is not successful question, however; helium decided his archetypal 4 UFC fights successful 1 round, and a knockout successful the 3rd against Gilbert Burns earned him a accidental astatine the belt. That is wherefore helium present wants to amusement that Mahachev volition beryllium nary exception.

Dalla Maddalena reacts

Della Maddalena is alert of the challenge:

"They are decidedly antithetic fighters and antithetic challenges. There are similarities successful the wrestling style, but I spot Islam arsenic a wholly antithetic test. He has a greater finishing ability, helium is stronger successful the lasting position; simply different situation that I americium looking guardant to," emphasized the Australian fighter.

In summation to top-notch wrestling, Mahachev has besides shown powerfulness successful his strikes, particularly successful his rematch against Alexander Volkanovskiy erstwhile helium stopped him with a "high kick". "It's hard to expect anything. I deliberation he'll trial the stance, he'll astir apt commencement connected his feet, truthful we'll spot from there. I presume he'll effort to premix it up, that he'll trust connected wrestling early. Watching Belal's fight, helium astir apt thinks his mistake was not to commencement wrestling close away. I expect we'll get into astatine slightest a fewer wrestling exchanges successful the archetypal round," the champion concluded.