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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, this is the main event of the evening.
00:09Sanctioned by the New York State Athletic Commission.
00:12Our three judges scoring this contest to Octagon Side are
00:15Derek Cleary, Stalia Mato, and Ron McCarthy.
00:19And when the action begins, our referee in charge of the Octagon, Herb Dean.
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00:45And now!
00:52For those in attendance and UFC fans
00:56watching around the world,
01:00this is the moment you've all been waiting for!
01:06Live from the sold-out Madison Square Garden
01:10in New York!
01:13New York!
01:20It's time!
01:27Five rounds for the undisputed UFC Welterweight Championship of the World!
01:41Introducing first, fighting!
01:43Out of the blue corner, a combat combo fighter.
01:47Holding a professional record, 27 wins, 1 loss.
01:51He stands, 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing in at 170 pounds.
01:57Fighting out of Makashka, Russia!
02:01Presenting the former UFC lightweight champion,
02:06the challenger is from Makashka!
02:14And now, introducing his opponent, fighting out of the red corner,
02:25a mixed martial artist, holding a professional record.
02:2818 wins, 2 losses.
02:31He stands, 5 feet 11 inches tall,
02:34weighing in at 170 pounds.
02:37Fighting out of Perth, Western Australia!
02:41Presenting the reigning, defending, undisputed UFC welterweight champion of the world,
02:55Jack Della Mandelina!
03:01All right, gentlemen, we've been over the rules.
03:15Protect yourself at all times.
03:16Follow my instructions.
03:18Run and keep it clean.
03:19Touch gloves, let's do it.
03:22Little distance between them all.
03:23Yeah.
03:25Hey, Jack looks in sick shape.
03:27He really does.
03:28He looks absolutely shredded.
03:31We'll see if he levels up now that he is the world champion.
03:35Makashka looking particularly thick as he moves up to 170 pounds for the first time.
03:41These men have combined to win their last 33 fights over more than 10 years.
03:47Here we go.
03:48Welterweight championship is underway.
03:50Makashka in the white opens with a low leg kick.
03:52And that's one of the things, right?
03:53Islam has really good strike in himself.
03:55Jack, Madelina, on the cast early.
03:59Jack on that pressure.
04:02It's hard to wrestle when you're going backwards.
04:09I thought the one thing Jack did really well against Bilal
04:12was he was the one that set the tempo of the fight.
04:16He has to do that tonight again.
04:17Deadly Madelina got off to a great start in his title fight against Muhammad back in May.
04:41Islam has already landed two very hard cap kicks.
04:44And Jack is really excellent at switching stances.
04:49If he has to swap out and go orthodox, he can.
04:53Oh, that's takedown.
04:56Takedown right away.
04:57That was not that hard.
05:00That was not that hard.
05:01One of those padded trips by Makashka.
05:03And this is a completely different kind of pressure
05:06than Jack Modelo, Madelina, has ever experienced before.
05:10Islam crushes people.
05:12So some early momentum for the challenger working off of his first takedown here less than two minutes in.
05:27Islam was able to take that single leg, peel it outside, run him back to the other side and put him on his butt.
05:33Now he's controlling that far side underhook and really trying to wear on Jack Della.
05:38Jack Della's got to try to find a way to get that right hand back inside to start the get-up process.
05:47And it's always a process.
05:49But like you said, Joe, against this type of top pressure, it's a real challenge getting back to your feet.
05:55It's very different than anything he's experienced before.
05:58Yes, this is not Ramazan Amid, nor Gilbert Burns, nor Bilal Muhammad.
06:02This is the recent pound-for-pound kick.
06:05And it's also an Islam Makachev that is not drained.
06:10Right?
06:10So he's not struggling to get down to 155 pounds.
06:17And they're fresh.
06:18They just started the fight.
06:20Jack's almost up here.
06:26Islam's on his back.
06:27Let's see if Jack can get to his feet.
06:35Jack's on his feet.
06:36Oh, he's got to be careful here.
06:39Jack's got to be very careful with his neck.
06:41He's got his back fully.
06:43Completely locked in now.
06:44Tremendous execution by Bakachev to maintain some ground control here under two minutes, round one.
06:58It's just a completely different level of grappling than he's ever experienced before.
07:04I mean, think about Jack's fights.
07:06No one has ever done this to him.
07:07Especially not this quickly and this easily.
07:11Oh, he's a tremendous scrambler.
07:14But Islam just stays on you like Velcro.
07:17And honestly, it's a five-round fight.
07:24So for Jack Della Madalena, he's got to just stay present.
07:27Right?
07:27I dropped one.
07:28It's not a big deal.
07:29I just have to make sure that the next round, it doesn't start like this again.
07:33Because not only does the wrestling and the grappling chip away at your cardio, it starts to chip away at the mind.
07:40Because then you start going, oh, well, he's just going to keep wrestling.
07:43Then you get very limited in how you attack.
07:45Jack's got to stay the course if he wants to keep his tight.
07:49Islam's pummeling under with that right arm.
07:51He keeps looking for the darts.
07:52He's trying to go guillotine.
07:53And if he gets that, he's trying to go to the front headlock.
07:56If he gets the front headlock, then he will sit and get you into that choke.
08:03Oh, he's cinching it up.
08:05He's cinching it up.
08:06It's the same choke that he got Moicano with.
08:10Poirier with.
08:12And he finishes it up in such an unusual way, the way he grabs his own forearm instead of going all the way to the bicep.
08:22Jack did a good job of recognizing only getting back to his back.
08:26Just staying in safety.
08:27Just getting to safety.
08:29Opposed to taking too many chances.
08:37There's the horn.
08:38Final second to round one.
08:40Some late kicks from Della Madalena.
08:47That's illegal.
08:49That was a foul right at the end of the round.
08:51He's down.
08:51His knee is here.
08:53His knee is here.
08:54His knee is here.
08:54Give me a mouthpiece.
09:06Okay, hold that.
09:06Get open it.
09:08Jack, we knew this was going to happen, yeah?
09:09We knew it was going to be on the ground.
09:10You've got good range.
09:11You know the shot's going to come.
09:12Just move your feet a bit more and get the jab a bit busier, please.
09:15All right, D.C., you're telling us, Trader's hot, my man.
09:17Yeah, right here to show you guys the single leg.
09:20Look, watch Makachev as he attacks Jack Della's leg here.
09:23Head comes inside the hips.
09:26Let it roll, boys.
09:27Inside the hips.
09:28Now watch here.
09:29He starts pausing.
09:30He's going to peel the leg outside.
09:33Once he does, he takes his left-hand clubs and sits Jack to the ground right here.
09:37Let it roll.
09:38Peel it out.
09:39Step.
09:40Kick.
09:41It's a short step, a long step to catch him and pop him back to his hips.
09:45Beautiful takedown.
09:47Keep your mind on what's going on.
09:48Okay.
09:49Round two is brought to you by Monaco, the official canned cocktail of UFC.
09:53Two shots in every can.
09:54Stern warning from Herb Dean to the champ, Jack Della Madalena.
09:58Every MMA round begins on the feet.
10:01Round two.
10:03Jack's got to be careful.
10:04He's got to move his feet.
10:05That was too easy for Islam to grab that single leg.
10:12Another hard punishing calf kick by Islam.
10:28Another kick by Makachev.
10:42He's throwing a lot of leg kicks tonight, Joe.
10:45And they're all landing.
10:46They're not getting checked at all.
10:48You can only take so much.
10:49It goes high.
10:52Jack landed a good shot.
10:53Yeah, Jack landed a really good shot in there.
11:01Jack's got to get his back off the fence.
11:03Makachev is going to start trying to play with his feet, with his legs, to try to take him to the ground.
11:08That's not the best decision.
11:13No.
11:14Jack made a mistake there.
11:15He went over the top of a whizzer.
11:17He's going to end up on the bottom here now.
11:20When you've got a whizzer, you cannot step over it, because if they hip into you, you end up on the bottom.
11:26Makachev working right in front of his corner.
11:28Khabib Nurmagomedov and the rest.
11:39Khabib Nurmagomedov and the rest.
11:41Khabib Nurmagomedov and the rest.
11:50Khabib Nurmagomedov over there as well.
11:52Three minutes to go, round two.
12:12If you're Jack Delachamp, what are you trying to do here?
12:14I mean, I am trying to get my back along the octagon side to use it as a barrier to try to get up.
12:21This was the self-inflicted take down there.
12:24He was the one that stepped across, tried to throw him, and then when they ended up in that whizzer, he stepped over.
12:30You've got to try to use the fence to get away here.
12:36And Islam has a lot of time to work here.
12:38Right here, John, you see how he's got his feet on the wall?
12:52He's got to start to try to walk up the wall to try to create a scramble.
12:56One of the things Jack does very well is scrambles, but right now, he's been essentially flat on his back the whole time when he's on the ground.
13:05Craig Jones desperately trying to get instruction to Della Madalena, but that's a long distance.
13:13In a full arena.
13:15Yeah.
13:17Herb Dean doing a nice job letting Mikashev work out of the dominant position.
13:22Big elbow.
13:22The problem here also is that even with instruction, you're dealing with a guy who's many levels better as a grappler.
13:32I don't like how he's reaching with that left arm.
13:35Now we have to go.
13:37Let's go.
13:37Now we have to go.
13:38Let's go.
13:38Let's go.
13:39Let's go.
13:40Come on, kid.
13:41Come on.
13:42Let's go.
13:46Islam is trying to capture that left arm.
13:49And he can finish that even from half guard.
13:53When he gets that head and arm choke from that side.
13:58Jack's got to be very careful posting that left arm on the neck.
14:01He should be shrimping, trying to get to a hip.
14:04But again, when you go to the hip, he attacks that front headlock, Joe.
14:10Yeah, pick your poison on the ground with Mikashev.
14:12Another minute here to go in round two.
14:14Yeah, he's capturing that left arm, moving it across.
14:19Remember, he got Charles Oliveira with this.
14:22Jack did a good job of facing the arm triangle and then rotating back towards.
14:26He's got his underhook now.
14:27He's getting clubbed by those elbows.
14:43Great job by Islam.
14:45Jack's almost back up to his feet.
14:47He's back up.
14:48He got it.
14:48He's bouncing.
14:49Quick level change by Mikashev late in the round.
14:58Now a knee to the body.
15:00Oh, Challenger through two.
15:06Chill.
15:07The issue we're having is you're not moving your feet.
15:11Yeah?
15:11Hold that.
15:12Give me your mouth, please.
15:14You want it?
15:15Can you do it?
15:16Move your feet.
15:17You're stuck in the mud, yeah?
15:19Yeah.
15:19Listen, two rounds on the ground, he can't get you.
15:23All right?
15:23Yeah.
15:23We need a bit more momentum.
15:25However, let's not get on the ground.
15:27Keep the range better.
15:28All can be working.
15:29Distance, stance, which is fast jabs, movement side to side.
15:32Let's wake up, Jack.
15:33Come on.
15:34This is it, mate.
15:35This is the moment you were born for.
15:37You gave me two championship rounds.
15:39I want to see three more if we need to, okay?
15:43Amazing rounds.
15:44Just breathe in.
15:49Really good breathe.
15:50Breathe, breathe, breathe.
15:52Do not get in a brawl.
15:53We are all systems go for the last pay-per-view of 2025.
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16:04Alessandre Pantoja putting his flyweight belt on the line against the hard-charging striker Joshua Mann.
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16:16All right, Ben Vickers trying to get his guy going here as we hit round three of a possible five.
16:22Told him that his feet aren't moving enough.
16:25Wants him to keep the range and try to make Makachev spend more time striking with him.
16:29A super-aggressive start in round one from Della Maddalena.
16:49A bit more pause ever since.
16:51Another cap kick.
16:56Jack has got to be the one going forward.
16:59He cannot allow Makachev to move him backwards.
17:11Big reactions from Della Maddalena regardless of what Makachev is doing.
17:15Oh, that one hurt him.
17:23He's hurt.
17:25I was suspecting that that leg was hurt already just by the way he's moving.
17:30In fact, he's throwing a lot of kicks with that right leg as opposed to planting it.
17:34And now he's switched.
17:39I'm being told, Nurmagomedov in the court doesn't like the striking as much as we do.
17:43He said, I don't care.
17:44Get back to the wrestling.
17:44Oh, big power by Jack.
17:49Body shots and an uppercut and maybe that's why.
18:05Oh, beautiful.
18:06Oh, beautiful level of change.
18:09He got through his hip before Jack could even react.
18:11I mean, his hands were locked by the time Della Maddalena realized he was even in on it.
18:18He's pummeling under that arm.
18:20This is not good for Jack.
18:21Oh, now he's getting to his position.
18:26And Joe, it's later in the fight now.
18:29Yeah, it is.
18:30Jack, he's hip to it though, man.
18:32He's well trained.
18:33He's on the ball right to his back there.
18:34Yeah.
18:35Yeah.
18:54Jack has got to find an underhook.
18:56He cannot allow him to have control under on both sides there.
19:00You can't get off your back flat if he's got two underhooks on.
19:04There it is.
19:10Now he's got to the hip.
19:13Collected an underhook.
19:19I definitely think the question has been answered whether or not Islam is big enough for 170.
19:24Because he certainly is.
19:25And he looks bigger than he's ever looked before.
19:27And Bala Mohamed had such a hard time controlling Della Maddalena in any ground situation.
19:34This guy's got almost nine minutes of control time already.
19:38Well, when Jack is going down, he hasn't been able to get away from him.
19:41Honestly, he got away from him that one time along the octagon side.
19:44Every other time, he's essentially just been kind of stuck on his back.
19:49I don't know if he's wincing in pain or...
19:51Like a knee or something, whenever he got taken down, he did have a weird face as the takedown was happening.
19:57I'd love to see it when we get to the end of the round, if we do.
20:01I bet it has a lot to do with that calf.
20:03That calf, yep.
20:15Jack is so well prepared for that submission, though.
20:18If Islam's going to get that, it's going to come off of damage from the strikes.
20:22And Jack will make a mistake that allows him to chase down the submission.
20:26And fatigue.
20:27Yes.
20:28Carrying all this weight, all that pressure.
20:42Makashek just a master of movement in his craft on the ground.
20:46A couple of elbows for good measure.
20:47Right here, Islam's just trying to make him carry his weight.
21:08Just keep trying to fatigue Jack.
21:09Jack, but again, like, why is he engaging him there?
21:13He should break away.
21:15Yeah.
21:19Jack, give Josh your mouthy.
21:23We said, the whole camp we said no half guard, right?
21:26You're just sitting in half guard.
21:28You're not backing your grappling, Jack.
21:30Josh, hold that.
21:33Jack, we've got ten minutes.
21:34We're freed down, yeah?
21:36Start hurting his cunt.
21:37Yeah, you've got to put hands on him, Jack.
21:40Yeah.
21:40You've got to put hands on him.
21:41Move your feet, yeah?
21:43Turn to the body and then go.
21:44Remember the game plan.
21:45Remember all camp.
21:45Remember the changing room.
21:46Let's just go.
21:48Don't be overruled by this guy, man.
21:50Put some damage on him.
21:51Let's not hurt him.
21:52Ten minutes to finish this cunt, Jack.
21:55Yep.
21:55Two rounds.
21:56Come on, Jack, you got this.
21:57You only need one cunt.
21:59You have one cunt, all right?
22:00Two more.
22:02It's just not giving him much technical advice at all.
22:06I would tell him, first of all, get out of the southpaw position
22:10because your right leg is destroyed.
22:12Fight orthodox.
22:15And you've got a stinging low stance.
22:20It looks like he's starting conventional here.
22:22Look at that right leg.
22:24I mean, that calf is destroyed.
22:25Oh, that is a very nasty visual.
22:28I've never seen a look like that on Della Maddalena's face.
22:31Just not even knowing what to do, listless.
22:37Yeah, he's having a hard time just standing on that right leg.
22:41Distance, distance.
22:48He's got distance.
22:50Matador, Matador.
22:51Awesome.
22:51Makashev has picked his spots with his kicking game really well tonight.
23:06Watch those fingers.
23:07Well, Isla Makashev was the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world
23:13when he successfully defended his lightweight belt earlier this year.
23:17Seemed to lose that distinction while not competing,
23:22but showing you that he is still very much of that ill.
23:24You know when we spoke about Jack kind of starting the fight with Bilal,
23:28making him fight, Jack was able to find his rhythm.
23:32He hasn't been able to do that because there's something straightening at him so much.
23:35Then he'll kick him, and then when Jack does decide to go, he takes him down.
23:38It's all about Jack trying to find the rhythm, and he hasn't been able to develop that.
23:50I mean, look at all these things, and he's freezing Jack.
23:54And the moment he goes southpaw, he gets kicked again.
23:57And even two fights, two fights in a row, all right?
24:09So we saw Dustin Poirier fight Islam and get beaten the striker.
24:14In the striker, Islam Makashev has held the advantage over Jack De La Madalena.
24:19Well, right off the bat, destroying the calf.
24:22And I did not expect that to be the case.
24:28Good short punches.
24:29It's always the threat of the takedown that opens up the strike.
24:32Remember we talked about that earlier.
24:33You're a three times better striker just because you're threatening so many takedowns.
24:39Then when you're as successful as he has been with them,
24:42you really become a better striker.
24:50Now Jack's getting desperate.
24:53And when you get desperate, you make mistakes.
25:00Body triangle now for Makashev.
25:10Jack's still hand fighting.
25:11Oh, he's going to collect his arm.
25:12He can't let that arm get trapped.
25:14He cannot let that arm get trapped.
25:17That's going to take away one of his limbs to fight.
25:19It's fully trapped now.
25:22Yep.
25:23Now Islam's going to start chasing that choke.
25:25Oh, he got it out.
25:26Good job by Jack De La.
25:28But he's just getting smothered on the ground.
25:31Smothered.
25:34Under two now to go round four.
25:36North of 12 minutes of ground control time now for the challenger, Makashev.
25:44And I think Jack's right leg is so beat up that even when they're standing, he's not able to attack as much as he may want to.
25:55I don't think he can move it correctly.
25:57That's why he's throwing a lot of kicks with it because I don't think he can stand on it right.
26:00He's like grimacing, right?
26:02He's like grimacing.
26:08And I don't know if it's the shoulder pressure or what that's making him do that.
26:14I think it might be, champ.
26:17I'm sure it's a lot of it.
26:22One minute, one minute.
26:25The bruising on that calf.
26:28Dean Thomas, what do you have?
26:29You know, Jack has been so inefficient in his half guard
26:33because he hasn't been able to use his top leg to create a strong enough knee frame
26:38to create enough space to get Makashev off of him.
26:41He's got to get that top leg in between him and Makashev to create some space.
26:45And maybe it'll give him a chance to get up to get back to his feet.
26:55Oh, Kimura lock here.
26:57Jack just got to make sure this thing doesn't bend.
27:02Come on, Kim, let's go!
27:13Makashev just so thoughtful in transition, patient.
27:17Oh, he's like winking over here.
27:19He's like actually winking.
27:20Hell, he just motioned.
27:24Asking DC if maybe you wanted him to lift him in the air.
27:29Oh, Islam Makashev through 20 minutes.
27:32That's two fights in a row where we have seen him grapple with him.
27:35Take this hard look off your face, all right?
27:37You've got five minutes.
27:38It takes you one shot to finish a fight, all right?
27:40Put some hands on this cunt.
27:41You haven't touched him yet.
27:43Can you get...
27:44Well, hit your feet on the ground.
27:45You've got to get after this cunt, this man.
27:47Take some risks.
27:49Fucking put damage on him, all right?
27:50Yeah.
27:51Jack, five minutes.
27:53Now, Jack, it's time to get after this cunt.
27:54Fight, hit him in the body hard, smash him in the face.
27:57Let's get some fucking hands on this cunt.
28:00On the ground, take a risk.
28:01Yeah, yeah.
28:02No half guard, right?
28:03If he's going to put you in the dust, take the dust.
28:05We'll fucking hail Mary that sub, right?
28:07Yep.
28:07Let's fucking go, Jack.
28:08Do you want to win this fucking fight?
28:10Do you want to keep your belt?
28:10Five minutes.
28:11Jack Keller's got to fucking fight.
28:13Give me that animal.
28:13Yeah, yeah.
28:14Come on, Jack.
28:14Don't want to speculate as to what might be bothering Jack
28:26Della Maddalena, but he's as tough a customer as there is,
28:28and I feel like he is dealing with some significant pain
28:32that he is trying to sort of cloak.
28:35Yeah, I think that right calf is in absolute agony right now.
28:39So if you're Makashev...
28:42I mean, look, he's right away going into orthodox.
28:45His corner's like, hey, get some hands on him,
28:47and he's trying.
28:51But he can't close the distance correctly.
28:53It's just...
28:54He lets him get to his hips,
28:56and he lets him get his hands locked.
28:58Once that happens, there is no defending.
29:00I don't think he can move his leg correctly.
29:03I think it's a real problem.
29:05He's going back to that Kimura.
29:20Remember the Dan Hooker fight?
29:22Yeah, he's real close here.
29:23Looks like he's trying to straight arm lock it.
29:26Good job by Jack.
29:28Now Jack's coach told him,
29:29if he gets to the half guard, take a chance.
29:32Let's take a chance and throw something at this guy.
29:35I mean, for Islam, this is the game plan.
29:49Complete domination.
29:52Perfectly followed.
29:54Watch the back of it.
29:55And what's concerning about this is
29:58he's doing it to Jack Della Madalena,
30:00who we have seen defend
30:02against really good grapplers.
30:05Doesn't bode well for others
30:07who may not have the takedown defense that Jack has.
30:11Yeah, there's really good grapplers,
30:12and then there's this camp.
30:14Yeah.
30:15These guys are just on a completely different level.
30:17Both Khabib and him.
30:19It's just...
30:19It's a complete different level of top pressure.
30:23And I'll tell you one thing, right?
30:25There's some Dagestani wrestlers that are very good.
30:28They're not like Islam and Khabib.
30:30Islam and Khabib spent time without Boomin out.
30:33He was their prized pupils,
30:35and I believe that what he taught them
30:37carries a little bit something different
30:40than what anybody else can learn since he passed.
30:44Because I never would have thought
30:47he would have been able to control
30:49Jack Della Madalena in this way.
30:51Yeah, complete control.
30:53I remember how excited Della Madalena was
30:55to fight Ramazan.
30:56I mean, even his second UFC fight,
30:57I want this Dagestani wrestler test,
30:59and this is the real...
31:01This is the test.
31:02I was asked about this fight,
31:04and I go, man,
31:05this is a hard one for Islam Akachev,
31:08and it hasn't proven to be.
31:10I mean, even the Valentina fight,
31:12I felt the same way.
31:13But the betting line gave a lot of people pause.
31:18Yes.
31:18I mean, it looks just.
31:20But it's the same thing,
31:21but this time we got the smaller guy going up
31:23and doing this.
31:25But again, he's so big for 55.
31:29Yeah.
31:29I mean, I think he was killing himself
31:30to get to 55,
31:31which is why he didn't want to do it anymore.
31:33And now, look,
31:35zero endurance problems,
31:36no fade whatsoever,
31:39no strength problems at all.
31:41Looks every bit of a 170-pound champion.
31:45Yeah.
31:45Well, he's a minute and 50 seconds
31:47from becoming the 170-pound champion.
31:50Or maybe quicker.
31:51Oh, look at Jack.
31:51Look at Jack.
31:52Yeah.
31:54I just don't understand.
31:56I don't understand the goodness
31:57that we're seeing.
31:58I don't know if there's something
31:59that happened in the fight,
32:01the injury, or...
32:01I think we'll find out.
32:03Yeah.
32:03You got to admire
32:07the toughness,
32:09the resolve,
32:10the unsubmittability seemingly
32:13from Della Maddalena.
32:14But...
32:15Oh.
32:16Oh, he's trying to get
32:17to that position, Joe.
32:18He's got it.
32:23Oh, Jack did a good job.
32:24Jack has been well prepared.
32:27If there was one thing
32:28they did really well,
32:30was they got him ready for this.
32:32Yeah.
32:32Because he has defended this
32:33at every turn.
32:34Well, that's Craig Jones.
32:37You know, I believe he was looking
32:39for a buggy choke a few times,
32:41but, you know,
32:42there's levels to this game,
32:45and Islam's level is very, very high.
32:4818 minutes of control time
32:49in a 25-minute fight.
32:51That's wild.
32:51And Khabib may be trying to talk Islam
32:54through one final submission attempt here.
32:56He actually hasn't been credited
32:57with a submission attempt as yet.
33:00Well, Jack's...
33:01He's killed it every time.
33:03Yeah.
33:03Yeah.
33:03Islam!
33:04Islam!
33:04Islam!
33:05Islam!
33:05Islam!
33:06Islam!
33:06Islam!
33:07Islam!
33:07Islam!
33:08Islam!
33:09Islam!
33:09Islam!
33:09Islam!
33:10And now Khabib is cheerleading the crowd
33:13as the Islam chants rain down 20 seconds away.
33:17You can just sense the frustration
33:23in the Jack Della Maddalena corner
33:25between rounds.
33:27You know Jack's going to be frustrated himself
33:29because you're prepared for this.
33:37And there it is!
33:42Bell to bell, a masterpiece!
33:46And new undisputed welterweight champion
33:50in all likelihood will be Islam Mahashev.
33:55100%.
33:56Yeah.
33:56All likelihood is out the window.
33:58And Anderson Silva will also make room.
34:02It'll be 16 successive wins for Islam Mahashev.
34:05That ties the all-time UFC record.
34:09Unbelievable, man.
34:10Khabib just came up to me and said,
34:12because we had this joke back in the gym,
34:14they couldn't look me in my eyes
34:15because I was the double champ,
34:17so they had to look down.
34:18He just goes,
34:19put your eyes down now.
34:21Islam's going to be a double champion.
34:23Unreal.
34:24Not simultaneous like you,
34:26but two-division champ Islam Mahashev
34:29never lost his lightweight belt in the ring.
34:33Moved up.
34:35Dominated the whole fight.
34:36I mean, just the whole fight.
34:39Pure domination.
34:40It started with these calf kicks.
34:41Very early,
34:43Islam was able to land calf kicks,
34:45soften Jack Della Madalena up.
34:47And right here,
34:48he steps over with a whizzer,
34:49get put down in round two.
34:51Third round,
34:52elbows and ground and pound.
34:55Then this one right here
34:56was that calf kick
34:56that really did
34:57hurt Jack Della Madalena.
35:00Then it was the double legs, man.
35:01Islam's hands are locked
35:03before Della Madalena
35:04even responds
35:05to the takedown attempt.
35:08And then here's another one.
35:09This was the story of the fight, John.
35:11Takedowns and top control
35:12from the new champion,
35:14I'd imagine,
35:15Islam Akashev.
35:17Islam Akashev
35:18lost his second UFC fight
35:21to Adriano Martins.
35:24He has not lost since.
35:26And once this one is official,
35:28he will have tied Anderson Silva
35:30with 16 straight wins
35:31and he will be the new
35:32welterweight champion of the world.
35:35To make it official
35:36one final time tonight,
35:38here's Bruce.
35:40Ladies and gentlemen,
35:41after five rounds,
35:43we go to the judges
35:44score cards for a decision.
35:46All three judges score
35:47this contest 50-45
35:49for the winner
35:50by unanimous decision
35:53and new
35:57undisputed
35:59UFC
36:00welterweight
36:02champion
36:03of the world,
36:05Islam
36:07Maka Chan!
36:10Thank you!
36:12Thank you!
36:19Ladies and gentlemen,
36:30I'm here with the winner
36:31and new
36:32UFC welterweight champion
36:34of the world,
36:36Islam Maka Chan!
36:37And you have now joined
36:39the very, very
36:40small amount of people
36:42that have been able
36:43to capture
36:44world titles
36:45in two different
36:46weight classes.
36:47This is the dream.
36:51All my life
36:52for this duel
36:53I'm really happy.
36:58I don't know.
36:59And the belt
37:00so heavy
37:01and I like it.
37:03I work hard
37:05for this moment.
37:06Thank you all of you.
37:07Thank you all of you.
37:08Thank you all of you.
37:10Thank you all.
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