The Jack Della Maddalena hype train won't be stopping any time soon, with the Australian claiming a dynamite first-round TKO against Ramazan Emeev at UFC 275.
Della Maddalena looked in trouble early, as noted grappling specialist Emeev had him near a submission midway through the first round.
PERTH, GET OUT OF YOUR SEATS 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
— UFC_AUSNZ (@UFC_AUSNZ) June 12, 2022
Jack Della Maddalena finishes Emeev in the first! 😤😤😤 pic.twitter.com/DbU8BBWBAB
But Della Maddalena - perhaps channeling fellow Aussie Alexander Volkanovski - performed a miracle escape, before bringing the fight back to the feet, and what felt like seconds later had downed Emeev through a flurry of body punches.
Speaking after the fight, the Perth native was nothing but confident, saying he was never in doubt, and that he was buzzing to fight again, even volunteering to get back in the octagon again today.
"I walked out and saw my Perth boys right as I [walked] out, and that gave me the energy to knock him out cold," Della Maddalena said.
"I knew I was going to get out [of the submission] it would just take time, but that's the game, isn't it.
"If anyone pulls out tonight I'm ready to go."
This is Della Maddalena's twelfth-straight professional win - second in the UFC - and also second straight by knockout, after taking down Pete Rodriguez in January this year.
