Many fans and fellow hunters praised the grab improvements of Jack della Maddalena in his last fight.
While Belal Muhammad still believes that he won at UFC 315, the judges did not see it when Della Maddalena was crowned the Welterweight champion.
In his first title defense, he will be confronted with the former lightweight champion Islam Makhachev, who, according to some, takes a great risk when increasing a division.
Faced with the former pound-for-pound number one is clearly a big challenge, but the title defender has a not so secret weapon in his corner.
Elite Grappler Craig Jones could be the key to beat Makhachev, even if he is currently at the UFC heads.
Craig Jones says the UFC is in a 'catch-22' because they don't like him, but he does a favor
After the recent investment of the MMA leader in the submission of struggle via UFC BJJ, the promotion is now a rival of Craig Jones' CJI.
There has been some tension that the often pronounced Jones have no problem about, but he does not believe that this will influence his role as a coach.
After he helped Jack della Maddalena to prepare for Belal Muhammad, the former Ibjjf champion strongly spoke about the struggle of his colleague Aussie.
Jones also has earlier experience to be part of a camp to fight Islam Makhachev, after he also helped Alexander Volkanovski.
When he was asked during an interview about the Ariel Helwani show about his relationship with the UFC, Jones claimed that although they may not see eye to eye, she also does a pleasure by helping to eliminate the promotion-oriented fighters.
“UFC hates me, but they also hate Dagestani wreststers and Jack della fights Islam Makhachev. So they are in a catch-22. They are like:” We hate this guy, but we hate these strangers too. ” So I think they want me … I helped to get rid of a little longer.
Craig Jones has rejected the offer of the UFC to appear on UFC BJJ
The UFC launched their new BJJ promotion through a reality series that resulted in the first event during the International Fight Week.
Mikey Musumeci and Rerisson Gabriel served as coaches for the series before they were confronted with the inaugural Bantamweight title fight.
During his interview, Craig Jones revealed that he declined the UFC's offer to be one of the coaches and would compete against Musumeci at the end.
“They made an offer. I thought it was not a fair supply for the time spent and what I should give away in terms of the exclusivity type there. So I really rejected it and I went with Flgrogplking instead.”
Jones also stated that he did not like the idea of Musumeci, which is considerably smaller than he explained why he was not sold for the idea.