{"id":288968,"date":"2023-09-17T09:34:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T09:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=288968"},"modified":"2023-09-17T09:34:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T09:34:53","slug":"jack-della-maddalena-earns-career-defining-ufc-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/mma\/jack-della-maddalena-earns-career-defining-ufc-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Della Maddalena earns career-defining UFC victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Jack Della Maddalena earns career-defining victory over UFC superstar Kevin Holland as Aussie prospect calls for main event slot after Las Vegas win<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>UFC prospect Jack Della Maddalena earnt a big win in Vegas\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The 27-year-old beat American superstar Kevin Holland\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Della Maddalena now wants to headline a card\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rising UFC welterweight star Jack Della Maddalena considers himself ready for a main event after claiming the biggest scalp of his career with a split-decision points victory over American Kevin Holland in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old West Australian, who is ranked 14th, one place below his opponent, had a 29-28 advantage on two cards with the other judge recording a similar score in Holland&#8217;s favour..<\/p>\n<p>Della Maddalena improved to 6-0 In the UFC and 16-2 in his MMA career having won 16 straight since starting his professional journey with two losses in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian exhibited a lot of patience and good decision-making, scoring well when he backed up the much taller Holland.<\/p>\n<p>Della Maddalena landed several good right hands during the fight and closed the show with a couple of late flurries in the final round.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/09\/75523629-12528073-image-a-1_1694939332656.jpg\" height=\"447\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Aussie UFC prospect Jack Della Maddalena earnt a big win in the Octagon on Saturday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/09\/75523631-12528073-image-a-2_1694939339031.jpg\" height=\"442\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old defeated American superstar Kevin Holland by split decision<\/p>\n<p>He looked to have shaded the first round, while Holland was more active in the second, firing off several accurate kicks .<\/p>\n<p>The American used his kicking to try to keep Della Maddalena at bay, but the Australian didn&#8217;t get flustered and controlled the exchanges when he closed the distance and got inside the pocket and backed his opponent up.<\/p>\n<p>It was a second straight split decision win for Della Maddalena after he squeezed past Bassil Hafez in July.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s another close one, I want to go back and watch and then assess, but my team are pretty confident I won every round, but it was a tight one,&#8217; Della Maddalena said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I thought I was winning, I feel like I was pushing the pace, landing the heavier shots.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When someone has got the range it&#8217;s a tricky game to try and get to the inside. I feel like I did pretty good.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve got to try and not get my head splattered across the cage, I wanted to be defensively sound and pick my shots.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I feel good I want to probably get one more in before the end of the year.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he was ready for his first five-round UFC fight, Della Maddalena said: &#8216;I feel like I could have put another two rounds in with Kevin.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/09\/75523627-12528073-image-a-3_1694939341650.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Australian wants to headline a UFC card in his next appearance<\/p>\n<p>Della Maddalena admitted he was distracted by Holland talking to him during the fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I like to go in there and have a bit of a killer instinct but he&#8217;s talking, he&#8217;s kinda of a likeable guy,&#8217; Della Maddalena said.<\/p>\n<p>The fight was the co-main event on the Noche UFC card on Mexican Independence Day.<\/p>\n<p>In an all-action main event, Mexico&#8217;s Alexa Grasso retained the womens flyweight title with a split draw against Kyrgyzstan&#8217;s Valentina Shevchenko, the fighter she took the title from last March.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mma\/article-12528073\/Jack-Della-Maddalena-earns-career-defining-UFC-victory-Kevin-Holland-Las-Vegas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Jack Della Maddalena earns career-defining victory over UFC superstar Kevin Holland as Aussie prospect calls for main event slot after Las Vegas win UFC prospect <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/mma\/jack-della-maddalena-earns-career-defining-ufc-victory\/\" title=\"Jack Della Maddalena earns career-defining UFC victory\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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