Islam Makhachev needs to maneuver as much as the welterweight division, which might be why the reigning light-weight titleholder has stored this potential title battle on ice. Fortuitously for Makhachev, Jack Della Maddalena will welcome him with open arms.
Proper after he defeats present champion Belal Muhammad at UFC 315 on Might 10 in Montreal.
“That might be good,” Maddalena mentioned on the Grin Reapers YouTube channel. “In Perth! That might be a little bit of a narrative, Volk [revenge]. We’ll see. Something’s attainable. We get by means of Belal, after which I feel, yeah, I suppose alternatives will current themselves.”
Makhachev holds two wins over featherweight titleholder Alex Volkanovski. After narrowly defeating “The Nice” atop the UFC 284 pay-per-view (PPV) occasion in Perth, Makhachev flatlined the Aussie with a thunderous knockout at UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi.
“For my part, possibly Australia’s — clearly, I’m a bit biased, however Australia’s biggest athlete,” Maddalena mentioned about Volkanovski. “You’d should put him up there. Possibly if he didn’t win this one, you wouldn’t put him in that record, however after profitable this one, it’s a must to put him within the dialog.”
Volkanovski recaptured his featherweight crown by defeating Diego Lopes at UFC 314 in Miami.
