This is the UFC 322 live blog for the highly anticipated welterweight championship main event bout between Jack Della Maddalena and Islam Makhachev, taking place Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Islam Makhachev currently holds the No. 1 spot in MMA Fighting’s Pound-for-Pound Rankings, while Jack Della Maddalena is ranked No. 8.
Della Maddalena (18-2) captured the welterweight title this past May with a thrilling decision victory over Belal Muhammad. For his first title defense, he faces off against Makhachev, the former lightweight king who hasn’t lost a fight since 2015.
“JDM” has been on an incredible run himself, boasting an unbeaten 8-0 record in the UFC and extending his overall professional win streak to 18. After suffering defeats in his first two pro bouts, Della Maddalena discovered a winning formula and hasn’t looked back.
For Makhachev (27-1), this fight is an opportunity to cement his legacy and join the ranks of the sport’s immortals by becoming a rare two-division champion.
Makhachev, a close friend and protégé of Khabib Nurmagomedov, continued the legacy at lightweight by winning the title in 2022 and successfully defending it four times — a UFC record. This isn’t his first championship superfight; two of his title defenses came against featherweight legend Alexander Volkanovski. This time, Makhachev is moving up in weight class, determined to prove that size doesn’t matter.
Stay tuned to this UFC 322 live blog for all the latest updates and in-depth coverage of Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev.
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