UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad expects to dominate Jack Della Maddalena.
Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) makes his first title protection towards Della Maddalena (17-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) within the UFC 315 primary occasion Might 10 at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Della Maddalena, who’s on a 17-fight successful streak and unbeaten within the octagon, is thought for his crisp boxing. Nonetheless, Muhammad likes how he matches up towards the Aussie wherever the combat goes.
“If I’m being sincere with you, I’m higher all over the place,” Muhammad stated on his “Keep in mind The Present” podcast. “Individuals are going to say, ‘Oh, he’s acquired palms, he’s acquired palms,’ however I feel they simply underestimate my palms and my putting. I simply went towards one of the best striker within the UFC in Leon Edwards, so referred to as. I prepare with one of the best striker within the UFC in Igancio Bahamondes. I prepare with Yair Rodriguez.
“Each these guys, you’ve seen them spar – they’re a distinct degree. So when I’ve a man who’s primary in Jack, who’s simply boxing, (I’m not nervous). He has actually good palms, he’s acquired good energy, however he breaks these guys down as a result of he hasn’t fought anyone like me. His greatest weak spot is his expertise. He’s by no means been in an enormous combat like that.”
Della Maddalena was pulled from his UFC Struggle Evening 255 headliner towards Leon Edwards March 22 in London after Shavkat Rakhmonov couldn’t make the Might 10 title combat attributable to damage. Muhammad expects his expertise to play an enormous issue.
“He hasn’t had a stress combat but. He hasn’t fought a stress fighter but,” Muhammad stated. “I feel I’m going to go in there and I’m going to stroll by way of him like I assumed I used to be going to do to everyone else, and like I’ve completed to everyone else.”
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