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UFC 322 Countdown previews a massive title-fight double header as Islam Makhachev moves up to challenge welterweight champ Jack Della Maddalena, and Zhang Weili faces dominant flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko.
UFC 322 Countdown previews a massive title-fight double header as Islam Makhachev moves up to challenge welterweight champ Jack Della Maddalena, and Zhang Weili faces dominant flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko.
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00:00New York City, a place where greatness lies in wait for those daring to dream.
00:09In mixed martial arts, the rare achievement of capturing titles in two divisions stands as a legacy-defining feat.
00:20Oh, that looks good!
00:22You know the feeling of power.
00:24Absolutely remarkable. George St. Pierre wins a belt in a second division.
00:28And under the lights of the famed Madison Square Garden, champions became legends.
00:33That is going to do it, Alex Panetta! Welcome to the history books!
00:38Two world titles. Crazy.
00:40For the first time, two of the sports greats will look to join this elite group on the same night.
00:47Power.
00:48At UFC 322.
00:50Glory, this is my legacy.
00:53In the main event...
00:56Oh! There's the cap!
00:58The most decorated lightweight champion of all time, Islam Mahatjev, aims to strengthen an already formidable lightweight.
01:05The most complete pound-for-pound fighter on planet Earth.
01:10By stepping up to challenge newly crowned welterweight champion, Jack Della Matalena.
01:15This guy doesn't just win, he brutalizes people.
01:18With his 18th straight win...
01:20Nella Matalena is not licking off the gas!
01:23The Australian striking savant reached the pinnacle of the 170-pound division.
01:28From the contender series to world champion!
01:31As he looks to carve a legacy of his own, the champion now faces the challenge from a former pound-for-pound king in pursuit of history.
01:40There's the tap!
01:41And he points to the ground as if to say, my octagon!
01:44I will show you guys who is the best fighter in the world.
01:47For my legacy, it's important in the second belt.
01:50I'm gonna break Islam Mahatjev, take his pound-for-pound spot, and it's gonna be a great moment for my career and my legacy.
01:59Oh!
02:00Oh my god, that's it!
02:02That'll do it for Jack Della Matalena!
02:05That'll be great!
02:06In the co-main event, the flyweight queen looks to defend her throne against the Chinese powerhouse.
02:11With an iron fist!
02:12Oh!
02:13A nice iron fist!
02:14Oh my god!
02:15And that'll do it!
02:16Two-time strawweight champion, Zhang Weili, represented a new age of female fighting.
02:22This is my moment.
02:23This is my legacy.
02:25Combining ruthless aggression.
02:27Their heavy knees!
02:28With clinical ability.
02:29Oh my god!
02:30Zhang Weili has her down!
02:32Now she aims higher.
02:34Going up to take on one of the most dominant champions in women's MMA history, Valentina Shochenko.
02:49She's an experienced champion who's been beating contender after contender.
02:54Oh!
02:55Absolutely ferocious.
02:56Great grappling.
02:57Knockout power.
02:58Fantastic jiu-jitsu.
02:59I'm here to take the challenge and definitely I will look for a finish as soon as I am inside
03:07of the octagon.
03:08This is my legacy!
03:10Oh!
03:11Head kick is in!
03:12Oh my god!
03:13That woman is an assassin.
03:14She is an assassin.
03:15History will be made on November 15th when the octagon returns to the world's most famous
03:21arena.
03:22For an inside look at the journeys of our main attractions.
03:25If anyone asks, where do you get your power?
03:27From the grill.
03:28From the grill.
03:29From the grill.
03:30Shoulder for the cameras.
03:32Yeah!
03:33Wow!
03:34That's great!
03:39This is UFC 322.
03:41Countdown.
03:43It's often said that fighting is in one's blood.
03:58A statement that rings true for UFC welterweight champion Jack Della Metalina.
04:03As well as his brother Josh.
04:06The champion's rise in MMA is in part due to his sibling.
04:10As the duo's history in combat sports dates back to their early years in their hometown
04:15of Perth.
04:16They don't fire, but they...
04:17It doesn't actually work.
04:18Yeah, but if you pull the trigger, it makes you...
04:19Oh!
04:20It's a good bang, eh?
04:21They're decent, eh?
04:22Time to die.
04:23Oh!
04:24It's a good bang, eh?
04:25They're decent, eh?
04:26Time to die.
04:35Mum used to hate her because we had a two-story house and we would wrestle upstairs and mum
04:40would just hear like, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
04:42And she used to crack it up.
04:43So as mum left the house, we'd basically wrestle.
04:45It was sort of the perfect set-up, eh?
04:47Like a training partner that was just as into fighting as I am.
04:51Training every day.
04:53If I was tired and Josh was going to training, like I couldn't really be like, I'm not going
04:58to go.
04:59So we'd pretty much just drag each other along every day.
05:02So it was just the perfect set-up.
05:04In the gym, it's competitive, but it's like we're always helping each other.
05:08People always ask me if I'm like jealous.
05:11I'm proud of Jack.
05:13It feels like it was meant to be.
05:16You've always envisioned her.
05:18And now it's playing out.
05:20Playing out how you envisioned her.
05:27Yeah, so 20 hard, 10 chill, touch bar, do it again, touch bar, done.
05:32Let's go!
05:33Yeah, now we're working.
05:35It's meant to be hard, right?
05:37You're not going hard enough.
05:39Two, one, get off the bike, face each other, move around, hands up.
05:43With his brother by his side, and the team at Scrappy MMA, Della Maddalena would enter
05:49the UFC and quickly make his mark on the welterweight division.
05:52Excellent combination there by Maddalena.
05:54Oh my goodness, that's it.
05:56This fight's over.
05:58When I started, I've been working over the years with my brother Josh, my coach Ben Vickers,
06:03just being accurate.
06:04An outstanding sniper, wicked accurate.
06:07It's over!
06:08And there's the reaction from the corner, Ben Vickers, Ryan Cray, his brother Josh Della.
06:13Rather than just swinging short and hoping for the best, but really just aiming, trying to land precisely.
06:18Look at the efficiency, though, and the accuracy for the Perth native.
06:21We've got to celebrate what we've seen here.
06:23I'm telling you, the hands on this kid are something special.
06:27Ultimately, I'm just trying to keep the fight standing.
06:29Oh, he wobbled him with the right!
06:31Get back to the feet where I hold the greatest advantage.
06:33And he has stood his ground and fought off every takedown attempt.
06:37Oh!
06:38His hands are incredible.
06:40Perfect combinations.
06:41He rips to the body so well.
06:43Good, solid, fundamental defense.
06:46You'll never see him come out of position.
06:48His hands are always where they're supposed to be.
06:50An accurate striking.
06:51Oh!
06:52Big right hand connection for Della Maddalena!
06:55He's a good recipe to getting finishes, damaging people, and then eventually take them out of the fight.
07:00Oh!
07:01Good counter right from Della Maddalena!
07:03Oh!
07:04Gilbert's hurt!
07:05That's it!
07:06That's it!
07:07Jack Della Maddalena is on a definite championship trajectory.
07:14After a seven-fight win streak in the UFC, the Aussie would finally earn a shot at realizing his dream of UFC gold.
07:23So the championship moment has arrived for Perth Western Australia's Jack Della Maddalena.
07:31From the moment a lot of us saw him for the first time on Dana White's Contender Series,
07:35we were of a belief that he could be something special.
07:38There has not been anything resembling a hiccup since,
07:40and now he will try to wrest the belt away from the dominant champion of La Muhammad tonight.
07:46It was always my dream to fight for the UFC world title.
07:49It was something I believed I could do, and then got the call that it was official that I'd fight Balal Muhammad for the world title.
07:57I believed in myself. I believed I had the tools to beat Balal, and it was just about staying calm and then performing when it was that go time.
08:04All eyes on Jack Della Maddalena as he tries to go from contender to world champion.
08:12Ready, ready, fight!
08:16The first round, just getting in the zone.
08:19Jack Della Maddalena's doing a really good job of dictating. Trying to be first, keeping Balal on his heels.
08:24Oh!
08:25There's not really many, like, thoughts going through my head. It's just trying to react, make good decisions.
08:30Head kick for Della Maddalena!
08:33By the end of the first round, I felt like I had stopped the takedown. I felt like I was fully in control.
08:38I felt like I could hit and not get hit and keep him off the takedown.
08:42Oh, another one landed for Jack!
08:44The takedown defense for Della Maddalena has certainly held up early.
08:47I don't think it's ever looked better, and he's in there with the best wrestling guy he's ever faced.
08:52And when we did hit the ground, I felt like I was able to use good techniques to get back to my feet.
08:58He was tough, but he was there for the taking in some certain parts of the fight.
09:03It's whoever's moving forward.
09:05I think why this fight is so fun is because they both know whoever's backing up is losing.
09:09So they just keep taking the real estate back from each other.
09:12And I reckon if I did pull the trigger, I feel like I could have got him out of there, you know?
09:16I feel like I could have got the finish.
09:18A war through four!
09:20What a round.
09:21But he's a champion, and he was pretty strong and determined to get the win.
09:25Right, listen.
09:26You're five minutes away from being the world champ, right?
09:29He's so tired. Make him chase you a bit.
09:31Alright, you are not f***ing tired, alright?
09:33Five minutes to realize all your f***ing dreams.
09:36Let's go. Safety first. Stay focused. Keep pinging the c***.
09:40Fifth and final round to decide the undisputed welterweight title.
09:45Left hand gets through for Telemadalena.
09:48The fifth round, knowing that it was coming to the end, I then felt like I got a bit more of a push,
09:52and then wanted to finish strong.
09:54All will at this point. Lead elbow from Telemadalena.
09:57Oh, nice elbow! Two of them! Two of them landed for Jack.
10:00Oh! Oh!
10:01Oh! Heavy shots!
10:03Left hand.
10:04Oh, my goodness!
10:06Man!
10:07Delemadalena's going off now!
10:08He feels he got hurt!
10:09Oh!
10:10Oh, my goodness!
10:11Oh!
10:12Oh!
10:13He shot, now a head shot!
10:14Muhammad retreats!
10:15Muhammad's hurt bad!
10:17Delemadalena is not linking off the gas!
10:20Pull your spirit from both men!
10:23That'll do it!
10:24What a fight!
10:25Jack Delemadalena and Bilal Muhammad go the distance in an epic clash for the undisputed welterweight title.
10:35That's the new belt!
10:38100%.
10:39There is no f***ing down.
10:41Come get your belt!
10:42And...
10:44Down!
10:45Down!
10:46Down!
10:47Down!
10:48Down!
10:49Down!
10:50Down!
10:51Down!
10:52Down!
10:53Down!
10:54Down!
10:55Down!
10:56Down!
10:57Down!
10:58Down!
10:59Down!
11:00Down!
11:01Down!
11:02Down!
11:03Down!
11:04Down!
11:07In the match.
11:08In the match.
11:09leaving it.
11:10Underlay for World Champion!
11:11What does this feel like, Jack?
11:12That's exactly how I thought it would feel f***ing good.
11:13Fairly awesome.
11:14To be able to have that belt around my waist and set a new journey ahead.
11:19Australia!
11:20We've got three of these babies, let's go!
11:21Perth, Western Australia.
11:23You have a world champion, Giacomo Della Madalena.
11:27to the entire Scrapback.
11:28Ben Vickers, Ryan Gray, Craig Jones, Josh Della Madalena, everybody at ScrapyMMA,
11:32from the board.
11:33at Scrappy MMA, congratulations.
11:38The win over Bilal Muhammad
11:40brought a third UFC belt
11:43to Della Madalena's home nation
11:44and a first for his city.
11:50Here's Jack Madalena,
11:52his Australia's silent assassin
11:54in the octagon rising UFC star
11:55and current welterweight champion.
11:58Welcome, Jack, to the show.
11:59Thanks for having me.
12:01It's a pretty big honor
12:02to be able to be the first one
12:03from Perth to bring it home
12:04and even just to bring a UFC belt
12:06back to Australia.
12:08Good morning to you, Jack,
12:10and congratulations.
12:11Thanks for having me.
12:12Since when I first started,
12:14MMA has become way bigger,
12:16you know, it's definitely more mainstream.
12:18Get down to Yagen Square
12:19and for theatre, 5pm today,
12:22meet and greet with Jack Della Madalena,
12:24who is the latest UFC world champion
12:27and just happens to be a Perth boy as well.
12:28Congratulations once again.
12:30Robert Whittaker inspired me a lot.
12:34Obviously being the first guy
12:35from Australia to win the belt,
12:37paved the way to show that it's possible
12:38and then obviously Volk winning the belt
12:41and then not only winning it
12:42but having like a big title reign
12:44also made it more realistic
12:46and then, yeah,
12:47to be even amongst those guys
12:49is a dream come true.
12:50We do have the UFC welterweight champion
12:53in the house.
12:54Jack, good morning, mate.
12:55Good morning, guys.
12:56Thanks for having me.
12:56I want the Australian fans to be proud of me
12:59and they like look at me
13:00and think that's our champion.
13:03And ladies and gentlemen,
13:04the man you have all been waiting for,
13:07he is the UFC welterweight champion,
13:11Jack Della Madalena!
13:13Now that I'm here,
13:20there are big challenges,
13:21big fights ahead,
13:22which I'm excited to conquer.
13:24Thanks for everyone for coming.
13:25It means the world, you know.
13:26It's something we really did work hard for
13:28to bring this belt on.
13:29A lot of hard work.
13:32While he reveled in his new title
13:34as UFC welterweight champion,
13:38Della Madalena's next opponent
13:39was already preparing to take his crown.
13:43It feels like the division's moving.
13:44And now you're talking about going to 170.
13:46Brother, I don't see someone
13:48who can give me a tough fight.
13:50I have other goals,
13:52other targets.
13:54I know I can be a double champion.
13:56Now they have new champion,
13:58Jack Della Madalena.
14:00I think it's a beautiful challenge.
14:02I'm going to get him back for Volk.
14:03I don't know when it's going to happen,
14:06but I told you,
14:07I'm not leaving this sport
14:09without second belt.
14:10Right now,
14:12my goal is to be double champion.
14:16Just give me the change.
14:17That's it.
14:17As a student of Dagestan MMA royalty,
14:41Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov
14:42and the predecessor to his son
14:45and former champion,
14:47Habib.
14:48Absolutely incredible
14:49the way he dominates people.
14:51Never seen anything like it.
14:54Islam Mahachev
14:56has dedicated his life
14:57to fulfilling the belief
14:58instilled in him
14:59from an early age.
15:02When I was young,
15:07I never thinking
15:08I'm going to be best in the world.
15:12But the people who
15:13around me,
15:15they always told me,
15:17just training,
15:17you will be champion.
15:21So all my life,
15:23I preparing for this.
15:25Look out for this guy,
15:28Islam Mahachev.
15:29This guy is a killer,
15:31highly skilled.
15:32Trained by
15:34Habib Nurmagomedov's father.
15:36Islam is one of those
15:37special talents, man.
15:39Glorious.
15:40He's got a skill set
15:41that is just
15:42overwhelming and stifling.
15:44He's going to accomplish
15:46so many great things.
15:48What I have in this sport,
15:49not many fighters have.
15:51Oh, big left hand.
15:52That's it.
15:53Wow.
15:54It's just that pressure
15:55and that strength.
15:57A lot of people think
15:57we are looking at
15:58a future champion.
15:59All my life,
16:00I'm fighting
16:01with the best fighters.
16:02Nobody works harder
16:04than Islam Mahachev.
16:05He's a 10 out of 10.
16:06This is a hard man
16:07to deal with
16:08and he's a puzzle
16:08for the whole world.
16:10Islam is so damn dangerous.
16:13Oh, there's the cap!
16:14Islam Mahachev
16:15on the cusp
16:15of a UFC championship.
16:17All my opponents,
16:18very dangerous.
16:20How does he handle
16:21a guy like Charles Oliveira?
16:22Oh, knockdown for Mahachev!
16:26He's got a Western arm triangle here.
16:28As I was nothing to see.
16:30Oh, it's a tight.
16:31Oh, it's a tight.
16:31Oh, it's a tight.
16:32Islam Mahachev
16:33submits Charles Oliveira
16:35to win the title!
16:37Whoa!
16:38This is my belt
16:39for my coach,
16:40Abdulman Abnur Magomedov.
16:42Many years ago,
16:44he told me,
16:45just training hard
16:47and you're
16:47going to be champion.
16:49After you become
16:50UFC champion,
16:52we have to do
16:53something more.
16:54A super fight
16:55for the ages
16:55between the top two
16:57pound-for-pound fighters
16:59in the world.
17:00Amazing work!
17:01What a fight!
17:03Both men
17:03are in search
17:04of finality.
17:05I defend my belt
17:07more than everybody.
17:09Oh!
17:11Head kick
17:11from Mahachev!
17:13Huge moment
17:14in round one!
17:15Oh!
17:16That'll do it!
17:17And still!
17:19Islam Mahachev
17:20is the man!
17:22I did everything
17:23in the lightweight
17:23what I have to do.
17:25Oh, wow.
17:26That was nasty.
17:27Looking for a Darce?
17:28Yeah, looking for a Darce.
17:30Low attempt!
17:31Islam Mahachev!
17:33The record number
17:34of title defenses
17:35at lightweight.
17:36Islam Mahachev,
17:38the most decorated
17:39lightweight champion
17:40of all time!
17:41And attaining
17:42pound-for-pound
17:43number one status.
17:44The late Abdouman Abnur
17:45Magomedov,
17:46said famously
17:47before he passed,
17:48when Habib leaves,
17:50Islam will arrive.
17:52The prophecy
17:53was seemingly fulfilled.
17:55I am not here
17:56just for money.
17:57Now,
17:58all about legacy.
17:59and I deserve to be
18:02double champion.
18:03The former lightweight champion
18:06is on Mahachev,
18:08vacated the title,
18:09moving up to welterweight.
18:11Right now,
18:12my goal
18:13could be double champion.
18:15UFC welterweight champion
18:16Jack Della Madalena.
18:17Jack Della Madalena
18:18defends his belt
18:20for the first time.
18:21Maxchev decided
18:22to move up
18:23to attempt
18:24to win belts
18:25in two different divisions.
18:26Madison Square Garden.
18:28It's officially happening.
18:29This is literally
18:31the definition
18:31of a super fight.
18:40With an opportunity
18:42to cement his legacy
18:43as a two-division champion,
18:46Mahachev returns
18:47to familiar grounds
18:48that aided his team
18:49in past success,
18:50to help prepare
18:51for the challenge
18:52that lies ahead.
18:56NAS is the best center
18:58in the world.
19:00It's not just
19:01built for me.
19:03They built all
19:03for our team,
19:05for our coaches.
19:07You never know
19:07how many champions
19:08are going to come
19:09out of this group.
19:10There's already five,
19:11and I'm thinking
19:12there's three or four
19:13more others
19:13already coming.
19:15So it's pretty amazing.
19:15Last six, seven years
19:18we're training in there.
19:28This place is
19:30for the elite
19:31of the elite.
19:33It's got everything
19:33you would want.
19:35It's a one-stop shop,
19:37and we're privileged
19:38to be here.
19:41When you come in
19:42through the facility,
19:43you'll see a lot
19:43of the Team Habib
19:44t-shirts signed
19:45by all the fighters.
19:47And that just shows
19:48you the importance
19:49of what Habib means
19:50to this facility.
19:51How are you?
19:53Good, how are you?
19:54How you feeling?
19:56Feeling good?
19:58The boss.
20:00The boss.
20:01Here with the great one
20:02right here, Habib's dad.
20:03It was a great honor
20:04to be here with him.
20:05He demands discipline.
20:07He demands loyalty
20:08and respect.
20:09I got in trouble too,
20:09myself,
20:10so I know
20:11what it feels like.
20:12You don't want
20:13to disappoint him.
20:16We started here
20:16in 2019
20:17with Habib.
20:20And now we have
20:21Islam going
20:22for a welterweight title.
20:24Nice.
20:25Islam's going
20:26after what he wanted.
20:29Remember when you
20:29discussed with me
20:30my goal, coach,
20:31to defend
20:32the lightweight title
20:33more than anybody,
20:34then after that,
20:34if the welterweight title
20:36comes,
20:36you will want
20:37that opportunity
20:37for a legacy fight,
20:38not money.
20:39And this is why
20:40he's here.
20:41To be number one,
20:42I have to work, coach.
20:44I go work.
20:46For my legacy,
20:47it's important
20:47in the second belt.
20:49I have to be
20:50champion again.
20:59The support needed
21:01to win a UFC title
21:02often extends
21:04beyond the gym
21:04to the home.
21:05This is especially
21:08true for welterweight
21:09king,
21:10Jack Della Medellina,
21:11where his wife
21:13has backed
21:14and encouraged him
21:14since the beginning.
21:16What do you think
21:17it says, Franco?
21:18What do you think
21:19this says?
21:20Jack is a world champion.
21:23That's right.
21:24You got it.
21:25Spot on.
21:26Michelle,
21:27she truly
21:27always believed in me.
21:30There's a big
21:30commitment
21:31trying to become
21:32the best in the world.
21:33I've made big sacrifices
21:36but so has she.
21:37I'm willing to do
21:38anything to support him.
21:40They don't really
21:41ever feel like sacrifices
21:42because it's just like
21:43steps to get to
21:44where we want to be.
21:45Now we don't want
21:46it any other way.
21:47No!
21:48Training's so hard.
21:49It's so nice to see
21:50all his hard work
21:52and dedication
21:53give him the results
21:54that he deserves.
21:55Got you!
21:56You did it!
21:57Be able to see your partner
21:58pursue their dreams
21:59and then make it happen.
22:00Special moment
22:01for both of us.
22:01Do you reckon
22:02you can screw them
22:03in Frankie?
22:04Yes, I can!
22:05Let me screw it!
22:06Let me screw it!
22:07Franco loves the belt.
22:09He's just stoked
22:10and he still carries on
22:11about it.
22:12He calls himself
22:12the champion.
22:14But one day maybe.
22:17Let's have a look.
22:18Look.
22:18Dad!
22:19Is it on?
22:20Whoa!
22:22That's cool
22:23to hold it up.
22:24To be champion
22:25is added motivation.
22:27Like I've got them
22:27to provide for.
22:29Yeah!
22:29Whoa!
22:30Do you reckon
22:30you're going to be
22:31the champion one day?
22:32Them to be a good
22:33role model for
22:34and instill good values.
22:3729 years old
22:38living the dream
22:39and continuing
22:41to live it.
22:45Jack Della Madalena's
22:46longevity
22:47as the UFC
22:48welterweight champion
22:49faces its first challenge
22:53in the form
22:55of a former
22:55pound-for-pound king.
22:56with the upcoming opportunity
22:59to capture a second
23:00UFC title
23:01Islam Mahachev prepares
23:03with the team
23:04that's backed him
23:05since the beginning
23:05of his UFC journey
23:06continuing a unique
23:08leadership approach
23:09that ensures a
23:12sustained training camp.
23:15The thing about us
23:16with this team
23:17is that we're so big
23:18there isn't going to be
23:19one big giant leader.
23:21It's going to be all
23:21of us picking up
23:22where we need to
23:23and do the things
23:24that the team needs
23:25to excel.
23:30I make everybody wake up.
23:32When Habib has to leave
23:34or the other coaches
23:34have to go somewhere
23:35there's always someone
23:36there to take over
23:37that doesn't change
23:38the routine.
23:39we all gel together.
23:42I really love Javier
23:43because Javier
23:45has a lot of experience.
23:47I always listen to him.
23:49Boy, this guy upset.
23:50You upset?
23:52Why?
23:53Well, I make him tough.
23:54Five times?
23:56Three times?
23:57He always took care of us
23:58the last 10 years.
24:02The best things
24:03what Javier did
24:04he never tried to change you.
24:06He knows we're all
24:07from Dagestan.
24:08and we have good
24:09wrestling skills.
24:12But because he's
24:13a striking coach
24:14he just helped us
24:15improve what we have.
24:17Good speed.
24:18Relaxation and good speed.
24:20There you go.
24:21And when two guys
24:22from the high levels
24:23fighting
24:23small things
24:24can change everything.
24:26Give me some kicks
24:26behind the punches too.
24:29That's why
24:30I'm going to pressure Jack
24:31and just waiting
24:33for the small mistakes
24:34to finish him.
24:36I like that.
24:37That's beautiful.
24:38I remember
24:39when I fought
24:39for the belt
24:40the first time
24:41and the emotion
24:43that I have.
24:44There's the tap!
24:46Islam Makashev
24:47submits Charles Oliveira
24:49to win the title!
24:51I want to feel this again
24:53and now it's
24:54my prime time
24:56and I don't want
24:57to leave this sport
24:58without the second belt.
25:10With his sights set
25:11on his first title defense
25:13Jack Della Maddalena
25:16works with the team
25:17at Scrappy MMA
25:18to develop a successful game plan
25:21to retain his welterweight crown.
25:23Whatever punch
25:25you want to throw
25:26single shot
25:27shift
25:28pop
25:28shift
25:29pop
25:30forward
25:30Setting a good solid strategy
25:32for Islam
25:33is going to be key.
25:34Forward
25:34forward
25:35backwards
25:36What obviously
25:37watching how he fights
25:39Two shots now
25:40Both
25:42What his strength
25:44weaknesses are
25:45Hit the hips
25:46with some commitment
25:46pop the hips
25:48Let's go!
25:50What my strengths
25:51my weaknesses are
25:52and then trying to line up
25:53those
25:54as much as you can
25:55When you make contact
25:56they should feel weightless
25:57they should feel like
25:59they're taking themselves
26:00into the takedown
26:01Obviously he's got
26:02a strong wrestling pedigree
26:04so lots of wrestling
26:05Trying to not let him
26:07get a hold of me
26:08trying to keep distance
26:09where I believe
26:10on the feet
26:11I hold a big advantage
26:13Jack
26:13as he drives
26:14push the front of that
26:16foot into the floor hard
26:17and then go
26:18Jack
26:19is a pretty intuitive
26:20guy
26:21in a way that he moves
26:22and grapples
26:23Yeah
26:24This fight is like a
26:25need to keep moving
26:26sort of fight
26:27so
26:27keep momentum
26:29and stay safe
26:30Let the drive
26:31and then just
26:31add momentum
26:32to his drive
26:33I see it going
26:34similar to blow fights
26:36He's in there
26:36with the best
26:37wrestling guy
26:37he's ever faced
26:38Oh great job by Jack
26:40Yeah that was nice
26:41I tell you
26:42Della Maddalena's
26:43takedown defense
26:44looks better
26:44than it ever has
26:45There we go
26:46Oh there it is
26:47He's up
26:47Islam will try
26:49a bit more
26:49for takedowns
26:50but ultimately
26:51I believe I'll be able
26:52to get back to my feet
26:53every round
26:54and really be able
26:54to sting him
26:56on the feet
26:56damage him
26:57Whoa
26:58Oh
26:59Heavy shot
27:00Oh my goodness
27:01Oh my shot
27:02now a headshot
27:03Muhammad retreats
27:04Break him
27:05and then take him out
27:06Della Maddalena
27:07is not linking
27:08off the gas
27:09He has improved
27:10so much
27:11It would be the dream
27:12to get the finishing
27:13MSG
27:14blow the roof
27:15off the place
27:15Try to finish
27:16offensively
27:17Western Australia
27:18you have a world
27:19champion
27:20Alright guys
27:21it's time
27:22And cement myself
27:23is one of the
27:24great welterweights
27:25What the hell
27:30he held
27:31What the hell
27:31he held
27:32What's up
27:33It's not secret
27:39I have
27:40better than him
27:41wrestling
27:42grappling
27:43That'll do it
27:45and still
27:47Islam Makachev
27:49is the man
27:50I can strike
27:51with anyone
27:52Islam Makachev
27:53Oh
27:54is a killer
27:56He makes
27:56fantastic fighters
27:58look very ordinary
27:59The throne remains
28:01in Mahaskala
28:02November 15
28:04I will show you
28:05which is the best
28:05fighter in the world
28:06My advantage
28:12is from a better
28:13mixed martial artist
28:14than him
28:14Della Maddalena
28:15is something special
28:16What a huge moment
28:21for Jack Della Maddalena
28:23Della Maddalena
28:24empty in the tank
28:25here
28:26I'm gonna break
28:26Islam Makachev
28:27The boxing's incredible
28:29and he's got a
28:30sixth sense
28:30for the ground game
28:31too
28:32I'm gonna take
28:33his pound for pound
28:33spot
28:34It's gonna be
28:35a great moment
28:36for my career
28:37and my legacy
28:38It's Islam Makachev's
28:41world
28:41We are just
28:43living in it
28:43I want to fight
28:44for the second bell
28:45I want to feel
28:47that energy again
28:48Keep my belt clean
28:50Do you have any
28:51response to Islam?
28:52Come get it
28:53Come get it
28:54The co-main event
29:08of UFC 322
29:10You'll see the return
29:12of pound for pound
29:12queen
29:13and two-time flyweight champion
29:15Valentina Shevchenko
29:17The Kyrgyzstani native's
29:20destiny to rule
29:21over her division
29:22dates back to a philosophy
29:24instilled at the onset
29:26of her martial arts journey
29:27Since the beginning
29:34my goal
29:35it was to win
29:36to be the best
29:37Ready?
29:39Go
29:39Second
29:46it's not the best
29:48only number one
29:49only the top
29:50It's the best
29:54in the whole world
29:55and this is the mindset
29:57what my coach
29:58Pavel Fedotov
29:59since my very first training
30:01For bullets
30:02for shot
30:03after that
30:04switch my visit
30:05This mindset
30:08he put in my head
30:10Go
30:10that no matter
30:13what you're doing
30:14you have to do
30:14the best way you can
30:16The only way
30:21can actually
30:22discover
30:23your best qualities
30:25your best skills
30:27And this is what
30:33for me as a person
30:34and I've just been
30:37like that
30:38all my life
30:38One of the greatest
30:45mixed martial arts
30:46athletes of all time
30:47man or woman
30:49She's the real deal
30:50She's got no weak areas
30:51She's got a champion's mindset
30:53The greatest champion
30:54this division
30:55has ever seen
30:56With the drive to succeed
31:03instilled in her early years
31:04She's definitely fought
31:06the best of the best
31:06and she's still on top
31:08Shevchenko would blaze her way
31:10through the UFC
31:10flyweight division
31:11Flyweight division
31:13Say hello
31:14to your worst nightmare
31:16She has dominated
31:17everybody
31:18Dominating the competition
31:20and her epic title rate
31:21She's such a specialist
31:23I mean she's so good
31:24She's a beast
31:25Being number one
31:27pound for pound fighter
31:29means a lot for me
31:30The best of the best
31:31She's so physically strong
31:33It's responsibility
31:34to keep that spot
31:36She's showing women
31:37this is where you gotta be
31:38this is how good
31:39you have to be
31:39And to keep it
31:41it means you have to be
31:42very focused
31:43in what are you doing
31:44She is a renaissance woman
31:46Oh she's so good
31:47She mixes it up so well
31:49Oh head kick
31:50It's it
31:51Oh my god
31:52Oh my god
31:53Oh my god
31:53Oh my god
31:54Is there anyone
31:58who has anything for her
32:00at 125?
32:02Every training
32:02every fight involving
32:04The greatest flyweight champion
32:06in UFC history
32:07Because if a fighter
32:09stop involving
32:10this is the end
32:11Oh huge ground strikes
32:13That'll do it
32:14The undisputed
32:16best in the world
32:17Get her another ruby
32:19for the belt
32:19She stands atop
32:21the toughest division
32:22in all of female fighting
32:23You have to look forward
32:25Only forward
32:27and this is a success
32:29to involving
32:30Oh
32:32Huge knockdown
32:33for Shevchenko
32:34Enjoy your moment
32:37Valentina Shevchenko
32:38After a record-breaking
32:40eight title defenses
32:41Shevchenko's next challenge
32:43would come from
32:44another division
32:45ruled by an equally
32:47dominating champion
32:48Though martial arts
32:59have been ingrained
33:00in Chinese civilization
33:01for centuries
33:02It wasn't until recently
33:06that mixed martial arts
33:07began to take hold
33:08within the nation
33:09to impart to the country's
33:12first ever
33:13UFC champion
33:14Zhang Wei Li
33:15I like it
33:16I like it
33:17I like it
33:18I will demonstrate
33:19martial arts for you
33:20Different style
33:22All the weapons
33:23The UFC is back in China
33:25for the first time
33:26in nearly eight years
33:27The UFC is back in China
33:29for the first time
33:30in nearly eight years
33:31The UFC is back in China
33:33for the first time
33:34in nearly eight years
33:35The UFC is back in China
33:37for the first time
33:38in nearly eight years
33:39When you meet with Wushu friends
34:04I know a lot of UFC fans
34:10are traditional martial arts
34:11fans too
34:12The UFC wouldn't exist
34:13without this
34:14This is what it was built from
34:15I always put on destination fights
34:20And what I saw today
34:21I feel like it's like
34:22a once in a lifetime opportunity
34:24And I think we can create
34:30that experience
34:31for lots of fans
34:32all over the world
34:33Before her title reign
34:42helped welcome the octagon
34:43to her homeland
34:44Wei Li's journey
34:48to a UFC title
34:49was destined long before
34:51she entered the organization
34:52She has a chance to make history here
35:15and be the first ever
35:16Chinese UFC champion
35:18which will just be absolutely massive
35:20for the sport here
35:21Wow!
35:22Is this the moment?
35:23Oh my word!
35:24They're heavy knees!
35:26First minutes
35:27This is not good!
35:28Chow Wei Li has her down!
35:29Chow Wei Li makes history
35:34and does not take long to do so
35:36It is absolute pandemonium
35:39in Shenzhen, China
35:41Remember me!
35:43She is just this dominant force
35:44in this strawweight division
35:46Oh!
35:46I think it's a real dream.
35:48At that moment, when I was in my dreams,
35:50when I was running, when I was very tired,
35:53I imagined that scene several times.
35:56And at that moment, I felt very amazing and beautiful.
36:00My name is Zhang Weili.
36:03I'm from China.
36:05Remember me?
36:06She is just this dominant force in this strawweight division.
36:10Oh! Oh my goodness! This is so crazy!
36:15Her power, her aggression, and her work ethic
36:19is absolutely incredible.
36:20Now she's got it! That's it!
36:22Man or woman, one of the best pound-for-pound
36:25mixed martial arts athletes in the world today.
36:28Oh!
36:30Massive right for the champion!
36:32She's the most fearsome competitor in mixed martial arts today
36:36in the female division.
36:38She is just everything you want in a dominant champion.
36:42Zhang Weili is special.
36:44She just gets better and better.
36:46Whoa, whoa, whoa!
36:47Good job by Weili!
36:48Wow!
36:49Straight to the ball!
36:50Big strike stone from Zhang Weili!
36:51Big shots by the champ.
36:53Zhang Weili adding to her ledger here tonight
36:57with a dominant performance in Sydney.
37:01She is the gold standard.
37:02She's dominated every fight.
37:03Who's gonna beat her?
37:04Who's gonna beat her?
37:05My opponent's last match with Suley Arles.
37:07I think it's very important to win this match.
37:10My goal is to beat Suley Arles and Suley Arles.
37:12Because my goal is to get up to 125 pounds to challenge Shofu-Kin Kho.
37:18Valentina Shashenko!
37:24I just want to hit myself, and let myself...
37:28...to not set up myself.
37:30When I went to the top of the top of the top of the top of the top,
37:33I think it's a kind of a surprise to me.
37:37UFC strawweight champion Weili Zhang, she's now going to vacate her title
37:42and move up and challenge Valentina Shashenko for the flyweight championship.
37:46The best fight we can make in the women's side of the sport,
37:50this could be Zhang's moment to really announce herself as the female fighter on the planet.
38:07Understanding the magnitude of her upcoming title fight,
38:16UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shashenko has once again chosen to train with the team at Zen Martial Arts.
38:24Surrounded by a familiar support system to help prepare her for the approaching challenge.
38:30Weili and Valentina, they represent the sport so well.
38:36I mean, they're just pure martial artists.
38:39And everyone knows it too. Everyone knows the purity of this fight.
38:42That is what sets this fight apart from all the other women's fights.
38:46Okay, let's start. Shadow boxing. Shadow boxing. Punch, kick, elbow, knee, everything.
38:53Weili, for last year, she started to become a very good wrestler, very good grappler.
39:01Let's go, back fist, one, two, three.
39:07But I think Valentina have a little bit more experience.
39:10I don't know, that's her advantage.
39:12Shoot to the leg, one.
39:14Valentina trained more than 30 years.
39:17She's 17-time world Muay Thai champion.
39:21She knows her technique. She knows what she can expect from her.
39:26Good shadow, shadow.
39:28So, she will do everything perfect.
39:36We'll win this fight.
39:37Elbow pads. Helmets. Vamos.
39:44My preparation for Bailey, it's like train everything.
39:47You just cannot train one style, one technique. You have to train everything.
39:54Kick, punch, elbow, knee, everything. Okay?
39:57Codo, radia, todo. Vamos.
40:00I respect all my opponents. And now my next challenge is Bailey.
40:07She's amazing fighter. But I'm not here to praise in my opponents. I'm here to beat them.
40:15Take off gloves, take off shin pads. Everything. Last part of the training.
40:21More higher, more higher, more higher. To the head, to the head. Go.
40:2630 seconds, 30 seconds, 30 seconds. Go, go. More strong, more powerful. Go.
40:32And I put everything to have the same goal. Go there, win the fight and have my belt.
40:3815 seconds. Strong, strong. Last, last, last. All power. Go. Go. 5 seconds. Go. 5 seconds. Go.
40:50Stop. Good. Yeah.
41:07Intense fight preparation requires sufficient recovery.
41:13For Shevchenko, spending time with her team, away from training, enhances her ability to recoup for her upcoming title fight.
41:23I love to spend time with my teammates. It means a lot when we join in all together.
41:30Because it's kind of like a joy that's bringing a lot of energy. And with this energy, you can put your best performance.
41:40Armando, almost every night, making some delicious meat.
41:46And smells so good. The food itself, it has energy.
41:51It's how you eat, where you eat, with who you eat. I feel this is the most important.
41:58It's the best smell ever.
41:59And it's amazing. It's just like to feel that connection.
42:04It's hot.
42:06I need a knife.
42:08The energy that you lost in the training, you are putting back.
42:12It's like example of perfect training camp.
42:14It's when you're training in the morning, you have training session to the desk.
42:21Like when you are barely can walk out of the gym.
42:24And then coming and Armando is cooking these amazing steaks and everything.
42:30It's giving more benefits. It's so good, so relaxing.
42:34I use my hand as a knife.
42:38If anyone asks, like, where do you get your power?
42:41Like, from the grill.
42:43Straight from the grill.
42:45These moments, it makes your life enjoyable and good quality time recovering.
42:51Your energy to put your performance in the best mode.
42:54Perfect as always.
42:55Perfect as always.
42:56With the success she had in her last championship defense,
43:14Zhang Wei Li has chosen to return to Thailand.
43:17Where the team at Bang Tao looks to help the former strawweight queen repeat previous victories.
43:22in the upcoming flyweight title showdown.
43:28Because last time, our trainers were very good.
43:30We were very happy to join together.
43:31We were very happy to keep the team at the last time.
43:34To keep the team at the last time.
43:39I just eat lunch, sleep at training and research.
43:42Two, three.
43:44Good.
43:45One, two.
43:46Block.
43:47Good.
43:49It's not very hard to train Wei Li because she's really good.
43:51Really athletic.
43:53Yeah.
43:54Has like a very, very good understanding of fighting.
43:56One, two, three.
43:58Good.
43:59Two, three.
44:00Three.
44:01It's just solving a pretty tricky experience puzzle, right?
44:03Valentina has a ton of experience.
44:06A lot of knowledge in martial arts.
44:08Heaps of championship fights.
44:10Jab, slip, two.
44:11Jab, slip, two.
44:13But, you know, athleticism is something that Wei Li has over Valentina.
44:18The ability to move the way she does for five rounds.
44:22That's pretty hard.
44:23That's pretty taxing.
44:24So that would be something that would definitely be on my mind if I was fighting someone that could bounce around and don't get tired for 25 minutes.
44:33Alright, let's do it.
44:34Let's go.
44:35Let's move on.
44:36Volunteer some unison.
44:39I think my team's performance in the best part of each other.
44:41What's going on is the feeling of changing everything he's being treated for?
44:45Come on.
44:46I'm constantly changing my first champion of challenge.
44:48I'm constantly changing my wing and my first champion.
44:50So I think my優勢 will make you feel different.
44:57I think Valentina is very powerful.
45:03But I think I've become more powerful.
45:07I think I've become more powerful.
45:11So I don't care whether it's on the ground,
45:14or on the ground,
45:15or on the ground,
45:16or on the ground.
45:20I'm not terrible.
45:21I'm not crazy.
45:22It's very normal, right?
45:23We have a saying in Chinese,
45:25Yong Nguyen Bule.
45:26Yong Nguyen Bule is never not terrible.
45:32Valentina Bullochepchenko,
45:34the best in the world at 125.
45:36Madison Square Garden,
45:37it's a huge event.
45:39And being part of this historical event,
45:42it's very meaningful for me.
45:44Oh!
45:45Head kick, that's it.
45:46Oh, my God.
45:47Valentina is striking his next level.
45:49You see 322.
45:51I will look for a finish as soon as I am inside of the afternoon.
45:55And I will win the fight.
45:57Oh, nice.
45:58Oh!
45:59A capstone for the champ.
46:02A lot of people believe the greatest strawweight fighter of all time
46:06is Zhang Weili.
46:07It's as simple as that.
46:08I mean, ever since she burst on the scene,
46:10we knew what she was capable of.
46:12The life is trying to break itself.
46:15It's trying to perform its dreams and values.
46:18All she has been is dominant.
46:20She's only got better.
46:21Oh!
46:22Spinning backfist!
46:23In the world of beautiful matches,
46:24there will be more people to be interested.
46:26There will be more people to be interested.
46:27There will be more people to be interested.
46:29There will be more people to be interested.
46:30She's got a complete well-rounded game.
46:32There's the tap!
46:33That'll do it!
46:34Oh!
46:35The championship-level experience is second to none.
46:38Zhang Weili is special.
46:40I'm with Valentina.
46:41All of them are determined.
46:43Oh!
46:44That's the right for the champion!
46:46Weili is teeing off-warner.
46:48This is a match.
46:49I think this is a journey.
46:50The battle for flyweight supremacy
46:55paves the way for the main event.
46:58The welterweight King Jack de la Medellín
47:01attempts to defend his crown for the first time.
47:04Oh!
47:05This guy doesn't just win.
47:06He brutalizes people.
47:08And that's why he got to the top so quickly.
47:10Against former lightweight champion, Islam Mahachev.
47:15Islam Mahachev is the guy that leads.
47:18The best mixed martial arts athlete in the world.
47:21There's the tap!
47:22Legacies are on the line.
47:24And history will be made.
47:26When the Octagon returns to Madison Square Garden
47:29for UFC 322.
47:31It's a perfect storm for a big night to happen inside the Octagon.
47:35Inside the Octagon.
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