Because the mud settles on Noche UFC, questions start constructing surrounding Jack Della Maddalena’s subsequent outing contained in the octagon.
The Sydney native overcame what many believed to be his hardest battle to this point when he scored a split-decision victory over Kevin Holland on Saturday evening. Whereas it wasn’t essentially the most spectacular exhibiting, the knockout artist proved he might carry out towards far more skilled contenders beneath the lights.
Throughout his look on the Noche UFC post-fight press convention, Della Maddalena fielded questions on who he’d prefer to lock horns with subsequent. Although he wasn’t eager on naming doable opponents, it appears Shavkat Rakhmonov, Vicente Luque, and Sean Brady all caught the victor’s consideration.
“Truthfully, all of them. I’m not going to name one among them out however any one among them,” said Maddalena. “The primary one they provide me, I’ll in all probability simply leap on it and say, let’s go. All of these, they’re difficult fights and thrilling matchups.”
The Aussie was beforehand scheduled to face Sean Brady earlier this yr. The bout, which was set to go forward at UFC 290, was scrapped after Brady was compelled to withdraw.
Not solely did Jack play matchmaker for himself—having welcomed a possible conflict with quite a few contenders at 170—however he additionally gave followers a timeline for when he expects to return to motion. Though obscure, the welterweight insisted he needed to return to the cage earlier than the tip of the yr and named the one metropolis he would like to battle in.
“I wish to battle all over.” Claims Maddalena. “New York. I’d like to battle in New York. It could be a fairly cool place to battle and to go to.”
If the prospect is severe about competing within the famend Madison Sq. Backyard, he might discover himself added to the forthcoming UFC 295 occasion on November 11. The occasion will likely be headlined by Jon Jones as he seems to be to defend his heavyweight throne—probably for the final ever time—towards a person many think about to be the best that the division has ever seen, Stipe Miocic.
