Belal
Muhammad (24-3) thinks he is better than Jack
Della Maddalena (17-2) in every aspect.

Della Maddalena challenges Muhammad for the welterweight title in
the main event at UFC 315
on May 10 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Shavkat
Rakhmonov, who was originally expected to fight Muhammad, was
offered the shot but missed out due to injury.

While Muhammad is one of the best grapplers on the entire
UFC roster, Della Maddalena possesses devastating knockout
power in his hands. While the Australian is expected to have an
advantage over Muhammad on the feet, the champ disagrees. “Remember
the Name” believes he is better than Maddalena in every aspect,
including striking and cites his title win over Leon
Edwards as proof.

Muhammad also believes he has a significant advantage over
Maddalena in terms of experience in high-caliber fights. While many
fighters have folded against Maddalena’s pressure, Muhammad doesn’t
think the Australian has fought anyone like him.

“I’m better everywhere,” he said on the „Remember the Show“ podcast. “People are gonna
say, ‘Oh he got hands, he got hands.’ But I think they just
underestimate my hands and my striking. And I just went against the
best striker in the UFC in Leon
Edwards – so called. I train with the best striker in the UFC,
Ignacio
Bahamondes. I train with Yair
Rodriguez. Both these guys, you’ve seen them spar, they’re
different level. So when I have a guy that’s basic in Jack, who
just boxing, right? He has really good hands. He has good power,
but he breaks a lot of these guys down because he hasn’t fought
anybody like me. His biggest weakness is his experience. He’s never
been in big fight like that. He hasn’t had a pressure fight yet. He
hasn’t fought a pressure fighter yet. So I think I’m gonna go in
there and I’m gonna walk through him. Like I thought I was gonna do
with everybody else and I’ve done with everybody else.”

Undefeated since 2016, Della Maddalena comes off a come-from-behind
stoppage win over Gilbert
Burns, marking his fifth finish in seven UFC wins. Meanwhile,
Muhammad is riding an 11-fight unbeaten streak, which includes only
two finishes.

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