Undisputed welterweight champion, Belal Muhammad is ready for his return to motion in his first slated title protection on Could 10. — reserving a shock conflict with surging Aussie contender, Jack Della Maddalena for the UFC 315 pay-per-view card in Montreal, Canada from the Bell Middle.
Muhammad, the incumbent welterweight champion, received divisional gold at UFC 304 final summer season in Manchester, toppling two-fight rival, Leon Edwards in a one-sided unanimous determination on enemy territory within the UK.
As for Della Maddalena, the Perth native presently holds the quantity 4 rank within the division, and was initially scheduled to headline UFC Struggle Evening London subsequent month in a showdown with the above-mentioned, Edwards, nonetheless, has been pulled from the occasion.
Belal Muhammad set to headline UFC 315 towards Jack Della Maddalena
And as per affirmation from UFC CEO, Dana White tonight, Belal Muhammad is now set to struggle Jack Della Maddalena in an undisputed welterweight title conflict atop UFC 315 in ‘The Great White North’.
Most not too long ago compelled out of an end-of-year return towards the unbeaten, Shavkat Rakhmonov in a bid to defend his title for the primary time, a bone an infection dominated Muhammad from a return at UFC 310 in December, with Rakhmonov happening to retain his unbeaten file with a choice win over Irish striker, Ian Garry.
Himself sidelined by means of harm since March of final 12 months in a return in Miami, Della Maddalena would file his seventh consecutive Octagon-proper win with a knockout over former title challenger, Gilbert Burns at UFC 299.
