Jack Della Maddalena confirms interest in Islam Makhachev fight in Perth

New UFC champion Jack Della Maddalena has confirmed his interest in a showdown with lightweight king Islam Makhachev.

On Saturday night, Jack Della Maddalena really arrived. He defeated Belal Muhammad via unanimous decision to become the new UFC welterweight champion. In doing so, he proved to the world that he is truly elite, and he proved that he can hang with the best of the best at 170 pounds. Of course, as tends to be the case more often than not at this level, the attention immediately shifted to what could be next for the Australian.

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It certainly seems like that next move will be him defending the belt against Islam Makhachev, the current lightweight champion. If Muhammad had won, Islam likely would’ve remained at 155 pounds in order to defend his strap against Ilia Topuria. Alas, that’s not how the cards fell, and Della Maddalena will now prepare for what is set to be the toughest test of his career to date.

As you can imagine, Della Maddalena has already been peppered with questions about fighting Makhachev. In the post-fight press conference, he had the following to say.

Della Maddalena wants Makhachev fight

“I think there are a lot of good welterweights. Islam, what he’s done, I think he deserves a shot if he wants to step up,” Maddalena told reporters including Cageside Press at his post-fight scrum.

“That’s not my call. It’s up to the UFC.”

“Come get it. Come get it,” was his response to Makhachev saying he isn’t like Volkanovski.

Quotes via Cageside Press

How do you believe the seemingly inevitable fight between Jack Della Maddalena and Islam Makhachev is going to play out? Let us know your thoughts on all of this, BJPENN Nation!