Daniel Cormier sees star potential in a prime UFC welterweight contender.
When assessing the panorama at 170 kilos, Cormier believes Jack Della Maddalena (17-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) might be an enormous draw if he turns into champion. Unbeaten within the octagon, Della Maddalena hasn’t competed since rallying to knock out Gilbert Burns at UFC 299 in March. He has been recovering from issues as a result of arm surgical procedure.
“I feel Jack Della Maddalena is one combat away from turning into a man preventing for the belt,” Cormier mentioned on “Good Man/Unhealthy Man” with Chael Sonnen. “If that combat is in opposition to Kamaru Usman, he shall be rushed into that title combat. Let me let you know one thing in regards to the UFC: Vince McMahon famously mentioned, ‘I don’t just like the UFC as a result of I can’t management the end result.’ What the UFC will do, they do know the right way to comply with a recreation plan they usually do know star-building.
“So while you get a man like Jack Della Maddalena who has a complete nation behind him, that everyone is worked up about, they may discover a solution to get him into the place if he earns it. So, if he beats a Kamaru Usman, there shall be no different impediment as a result of, if I’m being sincere with you, proper now at 170, essentially the most marketable man as a champion proper now’s Jack Della Maddalena due to the place he’s from, due to the complete nation behind him, and due to the way in which they’re enthusiastic about him.”
Cormier used Leon Edwards for instance to level out how the Brit was capable of emerge as a pay-per-view headliner as soon as he turned champion. After knocking out Kamaru Usman to assert the welterweight title within the UFC 278 most important occasion, Edwards defeated Usman once more at UFC 286, adopted by a title protection over Colby Covington at UFC 296.
He would go on to lose his title to Belal Muhammad at UFC 304 in July – his fourth-straight headliner.
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