UFC 315 Headliner Jack della Maddalena's path to the promotion contained a brutal face plant Ko as an eternal MMA title holder.
UFC Welterweight Competent Jack della Maddalena gets the chance to close his remarkable run in the Octagon with a title this Saturday in Montreal. But years before his upcoming title shot, Maddalena burst on the Radar of the UFC with one of the wildest knockouts in the Australian MMA history.
Maddalena is confronted with UFC Welterweight champion Belal Muhammad at the UFC 315 Main Event this coming weekend. It is Muhammad's first welterweight title defense after earning the belt by deeply de -reversed at UFC 304 in July.
Maddalena caught the attention of the UFC buyer by protecting a sweet revenge moment earlier in his career.
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Jack della Maddalena provided DWCS opportunity with one punch
In the professional MMA debut of Maddalena in 2016 he suffered a brutal TKO loss for Aldin Bates at Eternal MMA 15. It was not much better for Maddalena in his second fight because he lost the first round of entry.
Fortunately for Maddalena, he bounced back with an eight-fog winning series about Stints in Cage Warriors and Emma. Four years after the loss for Bates, Maddalena got the chance of revenge on Emma 53 in 2020.
It wasn't long before Maddalena would come around the circle and bates would rise in their rematch.
Just over a minute in the first round Maddalena Bates caught with a sizzling right hand that sent bates with the face in the canvas. Bates was unconscious for a few minutes after the knockout root when Maddalena celebrated the victory in Perth.
View the knockout victory of Maddalena below.
Jack della Maddalena does not rule out to submit Belal Muhammad to UFC 315
Maddalena appeared in 2021 on the Contender Series of Dana White and beat Ange Loosa by unanimous decision. He has won seven of his UFC fights since his signing, including recent victories over Kevin Holland and Bassil Hafez.
Although Maddalena is known for his ruthless boxing, he also has an impressive wrestling, which he can use against Muhammad on UFC 315. In various pre-Vecht media prior to UFC 315, Maddalena possibly teased Muhammad to become Muhammad to become the UFC Weltericht.
Muhammad's struggle was an important focus of his 11-Fecht winning series, including victories on Edwards and Maddalena's former rival Gilbert Burns. Muhammad teases with his 'Canelo Hands' on UFC 315, leaving a potential opening for Maddalena to exploit.
Maddalena choked a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion in recent training camp images and fed the fire of a potential entry on UFC 315. He has not won by entry since he has picked Randy Brown on UFC 284.