After winning the title on UFC 315, Jack della Maddalena faces a huge challenge in his first test as a Welterweight champion.
Belal Muhammad can still believe that he won that fight, but after he entered as a considerable underdog, Della Maddalena impressed many people with his performance on that night.
The decision of former lightweight champion Islam Makhachev to go on a division has set up a large welterweight title fight that is expected to take place later this year.
Makhachev drove to Madison Square Garden in November, but regardless of when and where it takes place, the fight has several interesting stories that will be spoken for months.
Some believe that the defending champion may have proven in his last fight that he has the opportunity to combat the strongest skills of Makhachev, making a UFC commentator 'on board'.
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Laura Sanko believes that Craig Jones could be the key to Jack della Maddalena who beat Islam Makhachev
Just like in his recent fight with Belal Muhammad, the biggest challenge for Jack della Maddalena is whether he is able to hold the fight against an opponent such as Islam Makhachev.
The former lightweight champion has become a well -rounded hunter, but his struggling is what made him so dominant at 155 pounds.
After some worries about the Takedown defense of Della Maddalena from his earlier fights, the Aussie answered many of these questions with his performance on UFC 315.
Although he received a lot of praise for his improvements, part of the praise also went to his grab coach, Craig Jones.
The renowned Jiu-Jitsu competitor worked with Della Maddalena for this fight and previously helped to prepare Alexander Volkanovski for his fighting with Makhachev.
In a recent interview with Submission Radio, UFC commentator Laura Sanko said, after he had seen what Jones worked on with Della Maddalena and how effective it was on UFC 315, Jones can still be the key.
“It was really fun and he showed me a handful of things he worked with Jack because I asked him. I thought:” I'm not going to tell anyone. I don't call the fight, so you can show me? ” And he did a man, each of them took place in the fight, so I am definitely on board with the idea that Craig Jones is the key, the anti-daytani struggling test. “
Laura Sanko wonders if Islam Makhachev will regain his pound-for-pound status in his next fight
After UFC 317, where the former lightweight title of Islam Makhachev was won by Ilia Topuria, there is a change in the top of the pound-for-pound ranks.
Topuria is now in the first place and Laura Sanko is not convinced that Makhachev can recover it by winning the Welterweight title next time.
The UFC commentator said that, while the defending defense of the Russian roads, also the run of knockouts that 'El Matador' produced in his recent trips.
'I don't know if he's doing it from the back of Jack [Della Maddalena]”Sanko told the sub -service radio.” I love Jack, but I don't know if beating a shiny new champion is the same as beating a legend and a former champion such as Charles Oliveira … that's a difficult one. “