{"id":330058,"date":"2026-05-06T10:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T04:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=330058"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T04:34:13","slug":"possibly-he-hasnt-fully-recovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/possibly-he-hasnt-fully-recovered\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Possibly he hasn&#8217;t fully recovered&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-307638\">\n<div class=\"article-follow\">\n<div class=\"article-sharing google-follow\"> <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWs2azRtMzFf%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">  <span>Follow us on Google Discover<\/span> <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Islam Makhachev shared his thoughts on his last opponent\u2019s recent loss in Perth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carlos Prates dominated and finished Jack Della Maddalena at hand the previous champion his second consecutive loss this past weekend.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-video GRVMultiVideo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Makhachev has said that Prates could be probably the most interesting challenger for him to face next following an incredibly impressive performance.<\/p>\n<p>The welterweight titleholder also raised some questions on his former foe, because of being very acquainted with his skillset.<\/p>\n<section class=\"grv-talking-point\" data-trigger=\"vue-sidebar\" data-story-id=\"0bbb4da7-bd53-426f-9e71-e4726e0b28ef\" data-story-name=\"UFC Perth\" data-comment-id=\"809dc0a5-eeba-421c-94d0-c1e5247fb0ea\" data-story-slug=\"ufc-perth\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__inner\">\n<header class=\"grv-talking-point__header\">  <\/header>\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__content\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__cta\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__title-wrap\">\n<h3 class=\"grv-talking-point__title\">After consecutive losses to Islam Makhachev and Carlos Prates, where does Jack Della Maddalena go from here? \ud83e\udd14<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__embed\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/05\/JDM-Whats-Next-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Della Maddalena reacts after his loss to Islam Makhachev at UFC 322\" class=\"wp-image-307133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/05\/JDM-Whats-Next-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/05\/JDM-Whats-Next-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/05\/JDM-Whats-Next-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/05\/JDM-Whats-Next-912x1140.jpg 912w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/05\/JDM-Whats-Next-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/05\/JDM-Whats-Next.jpg 1080w\"><\/div><figcaption title=\"Credit: Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images\">Credit: Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Islam Makhachev questions Jack Della Maddalena\u2019s preparations following Carlos Prates loss<\/h2>\n<p>When Islam Makhachev dominated Jack Della Maddalena to win the welterweight title, his wrestling was the most important factor.<\/p>\n<p>A more favorable matchup against fellow striker Carlos Prates resulted in a fair more punishing defeat for the previous welterweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>Having fought him in November, Makhachev knows where Della Maddalena is at his best but didn\u2019t see that side of him in Perth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact I used to be watching it, I used to be watching it live. Apparently Maddalena couldn&#8217;t collect himself,\u201d Makhachev told Red Corner MMA. \u201cPossibly he hasn\u2019t fully recovered from the last defeat. He couldn\u2019t find his range. I even have studied his fights rather a lot before we fought. He gets close, changes levels, and throws but this time around, he just got close and took shots. Prates did a wonderful job.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Belal Muhammad predicted that Prates would beat Della Maddalena because of something he picked out from his former opponent\u2019s loss to Makhachev last 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Because the Russian champion suggested, \u2018JDM\u2019 is dangerous along with his boxing in close but \u2018The Nightmare\u2019 was in a position to counter that in several ways.<\/p>\n<p>His leg kicks did a variety of damage at range, while he also connected with several highly impactful knees when Della Maddalena got near him.<\/p>\n<p>While the Aussie is at his best when he\u2019s landing regular combos, Prates was in a position to land greater than double the quantity of serious strikes (104 to 41) throughout the bout.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more-wrapper lazy see-more-open see-more-blank extra-content\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2026\/05\/05\/islam-makhachev-criticizes-jack-della-maddalenas-perth-performance-maybe-he-hasnt-fully-recovered\/none\" data-type=\"subscribe\">\n<div class=\"see-more subscribe\">\n<figure class=\"newsletter\">\n<div><svg class=\"loading\" width=\"118\" height=\"36\" viewbox=\"0 0 118 36\"><use href=\"#dots-svg\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<div class=\"signup\"><span class=\"hf\">Join Our Newsletter<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our greatest Bloody Elbow content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow us on Google Discover Islam Makhachev shared his thoughts on his last opponent\u2019s recent loss in Perth. Carlos Prates dominated and finished Jack Della Maddalena at hand the previous champion his second consecutive loss this past weekend. Makhachev has said that Prates could be probably the most interesting challenger for him to face next [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":330059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[17499,3996,11012],"class_list":["post-330058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-fully","tag-hasnt","tag-recovered"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330058"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330061,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330058\/revisions\/330061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}