The reign of Belal Muhammad when champion welterweight came to a bloody end at UFC 315.
Palestinian born American looked to make the first defense of the 170 pound title that he tore Leon Edwards‘Valves in Manchester Last July.
Standing between him and a successful defending defense was Aussie Jack della Maddalena, who returned from a 14 -month dismissal after a horror Bone infection.
But it was not to be the way he suffered a unanimous decision -making dnieter to JDM, who wrote his name in the history book By becoming the third time of Australia UFC Title holder.
A delighted Della Maddalena said: “It is exactly how I thought it would feel. It feels good.
“I knew I had to be smart. I should have been a bit sharper with the recordings.
“Coming in against someone like Belal with that pressure wrestleI knew I had to be smart.
“I thought I was first, I wanted to get him out of it. Belal is the man, he is a cool guy.
“AustraliaWe have three babies. Let’s go! “
Della Maddalena set up a striking clinic during the game and punished Mohammed from the very first round.
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Mohammed, to his honor, ate the best shots of JDM and continued to come forward and looking for the Takedown.
Della Maddalena showed great removal during the fight and clambered back incredibly well when he was grounded.
Damage eventually became the difference when it came to scoring the game.
And the enormous Gash della Maddalena inflicted under the eye of Muhammad with a beautiful knee in the fifth round probably waved the jury members, who scored the game 48-47, 48-47 and 49-46 in his favor.
The victory of Della Maddalena has had major consequences for Dana White And Co.’s plans. For the International Fight Week card of the UFC on 28 June.
Della Maddalena had lost, a gigantic lightweight title fight between champion Islam Makhachev and former featherweight King Ilia Topuria would have received UFC 317.
But his victory has cleared the way for Makhachev to go to 170 pounds to try to become a two -weight world champion.
And the Dagestani Destroyer is about to go up in weight and write on X: “Time to become a double champion #inshaallah. Let’s go.”
Della Maddalena enjoys the task of dethroning the pound-for-pound king of the sport and says: “I think it’s a great challenge.
‘He is pound-for-pound no. 1. I’m going to get it back [Alexander Volkanovski]. “
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