Forward of his return in March, surging welterweight pressure, Jack Della Maddalena has revealed he tried to make his return subsequent month at UFC 312 — in an eye catching conflict with surging Brazilian finisher, Carlos Prates — finally to no avail.
Della Maddalena, the present quantity 4 ranked welterweight contender, is slated to make his first principal occasion outing within the promotion in March, taking up former undisputed champion, Leon Edwards within the headliner of UFC Battle Night time London in two months.
Sidelined since final March, Australian fan-favorite contender, Della Maddalena most not too long ago turned in his seventh straight triumph within the Octagon with an eye catching third spherical knockout win over former title challenger and Brazilian contender, Gilbert Burns.
And forward of his conflict with Edwards within the UK later this quarter, Dana White’s Contender Collection product, Della Maddalena claimed he had tried to thrash out a battle with Brazilian upstart, Prates for UFC 312 simply in a lot of weeks time.
Jack Della Maddalena reveals plans for UFC 312 battle with Carlos Prates
“They just couldn’t get the fight. The I’ve none of the the guys in front of me wanted to really fly out to Sydney,” Jack Della Maddalena informed Ariel Helwani for Uncrowned.” We began me and never the UFC by no means got here to us, however me and Tim began floating the concept. I didn’t thoughts the concept of discovering Carlos Prates.
“I thought why not? Like, he’s an up-and-comer,” Jack Della Maddalena defined. “Gilbert (Burns) gave me the opportunity. I’ve had a year off. So I was gonna I was probably ready to step in and fight him. You know, I like his style. But then in the UFC, the first fight they came to me, they said, would you rather just fight would you do you wanna fight Leon (Edwards) in London? I just thought, yep. Let’s just take the fight as a big five former champion. Gives me an extra extra few weeks to assure that the arm is strong, and had to jump on it.”
