Coach: Jack Della Maddalena 'adamant' about Islam Makhachev rematch

Jack Della Maddalena 's coach hopes they get the opportunity to right their wrong against Islam Makhachev . Della Maddalena (18-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) lost his welterweight title to Makhachev at UFC 322 by lopsided unanimous decision. He was smothered by Makhachev, who took him down four times and controlled him for more than 19 minutes.

The Aussie will look to rebound when he takes on Carlos Prates (23-7 MMA, 6-1 UFC) in the UFC Fight Night 275 main event ( Paramount+ ) on May 2 from RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. Makhachev is looking to defend his belt this summer, and Vickers expects a win over Prates to set them up for a title-fight rematch. "I hope Islam keeps the belt," Vickers told Submission Radio .

"One of the first things Jack said to me was that he wanted to rematch Islam for the belt. He wasn't there hoping someone else would do his job for him and beat Islam so that he could fight them. He was very adamant in the fact that he wants to do that fight again.

So for us, we would like Islam to keep winning and defending his title so that we get another crack at him. " With Makhachev's dominance on the ground, closing the gap in such a short amount of time will appear difficult for Della Maddalena. However, Vickers is confident that their game plan would work if executed well.