Jack Della Maddalena is open to the concept of combating Mike Malott, however the bout received’t occur not less than till the spring.
Maddalena has some adjusting to do after struggling back-to-back losses. The previous UFC welterweight champion misplaced his title to Islam Makhachev by way of unanimous resolution again in Nov. 2025. Maddalena tried to remain within the title image towards Carlos Prates in Might, however he ended up being stopped within the third spherical.
A method Maddalena would possibly be capable of flip issues round is by halting the momentum of a surging contender similar to Malott, and he instructed Bedtime MMA that it’s a combat that intrigues him (h/t MMAMania.com).
“Yeah, for certain,” Maddalena mentioned. “I’ll be into that.”
The query is, does Maddalena’s timeline match up with Malott’s? Maddalena felt he rushed into his UFC Perth bout with Prates, and he doesn’t need to make the identical mistake going into 2027.
“I really feel just like the final one, I form of simply jumped into the Perth combat as a result of I kinda needed to,” Maddalena mentioned. “So I didn’t wanna get sucked in too early. My plan after the final combat was develop the abilities, turn into a greater martial artist. So I didn’t wanna get simply soar to the placement, you realize?”
Maddalena has no plans of returning to motion this fall or winter, and he’d quite throw leather-based in some unspecified time in the future this spring.
“I wished to provide the perfect efficiency for the followers, for the group. So simply gonna experience it out a bit, however able to go April, Might subsequent yr.”
Malott has been rising up the ranks at 170 kilos, and he’s had his hand raised in 5 straight bouts. His final victory was towards Joaquin Buckley, and he earned that victory with a spotlight reel knockout within the second spherical.
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