Ian Machado Garry can’t believe Jack Della Maddalena is fighting for the welterweight championship at UFC 315. Belal Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) was scheduled to make his first title defense against Shavkat Rakhmonov, but the undefeated contender couldn’t compete due to injury. Muhammad was instead matched up with Della Maddalena (17-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) in the May 10 headliner ( ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+ ) at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Although Machado Garry (15-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) is coming off a decision loss to Rakhmonov at UFC 310 this past December, he thinks he would have been a more logical choice for the title shot.
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Ian Machado Garry ‘livid’ UFC chose Jack Della Maddalena for title shot over him – MMA Junkie