Belal Muhammad, UFC 304 ceremonial weigh-in Credit score: Patrick McCorry/Cageside Press
Within the wake of an harm to Shavkat Rakhmonov, it’s Australian Jack Della Maddalena who will likely be up subsequent for welterweight champ Belal Muhammad.
The Muhammad (24-3, 1NC) vs. Maddalena (17-2) welterweight title battle will headline UFC 315 on Might 10, 2025 in Montreal, UFC President and CEO Dana White introduced on Tuesday. Promotion officers later confirmed the reserving.
The battle sees Jack Della Maddalena shifted from March’s UFC London important occasion, the place he was to have confronted former champ Leon Edwards. Edwards now faces Sean Brady as an alternative.
Muhammad was to have confronted Shavkat at UFC 310 in December, solely to withdraw as a result of harm. In his stead, Ian Machado Garry stepped right into a non-title battle with Rakhmonov, dropping by way of determination. Now, “Remember the Name” will get his first title protection away from house, although a lot nearer to house base than JDM.
Muhammad has not misplaced since a 2019 determination he dropped to Geoff Neal. Since then, he’s put collectively 10 wins, and a No Contest as a result of a watch poke that rendered him unable to proceed in his first battle with Leon Edwards. The rematch noticed Muhammad dethrone the Brit to assert welterweight gold.
Jack Della Maddalena sits on a 17-fight win streak, and has not misplaced because the first two fights of his professional profession. Alongside the likes of Garry and Rakhmonov, he represents a brand new period of welterweight fighters within the UFC. JDM is coming off a March 2024 end of Gilbert Burns, and holds wins over Randy Brown and Kevin Holland as nicely.
UFC 315 takes place on Might 12 on the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, and marks the promotion’s return to the Canadian metropolis after a ten-year absence.
