‘Focus On Finishing Fights!'
Jack Della Maddalena is a man of few words, but his coaches have no problem firing back at some of the many welterweight contenders looking to goad him into a fight.
Della Maddalena spent UFC 315 fight week avoiding strategically placed bags of M&Ms placed by backup fighter Ian Machado Garry in a playful attempt to derail his Belal Muhammad fight weigh-in. That was all in good fun, but his coach Ben Vickers did respond to comments from 'The Future' declaring he'd 'box the ears' off the new Australian champ.
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'We're not in this business to be celebrities,' Vickers told Submission Radio. 'And as Jack said in his post-fight speech, we just want to win fights and be the best. Jack loves scrapping, Jack loves training. We all love the sport and the process. [Garry] can carry on doing his thing.'
'He should concentrate more on finishing fights, especially fights that he's dominating. He needs to stop flying around the world trying to be a celebrity, and get in the gym and get some power and figure out how to finish fights.'
'His time would be better spent doing that than trying to wind Jack up,' Vickers concluded. 'You think Jack's going to bite on any of that stuff? He doesn't care, man. He's the most chilled-out dude in the world. So yeah, it's all just a bit silly, really.'
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There's plenty of time for more pressure to build on a potential Della Maddalena vs. Machado Garry fight. Jack is set to fight former lightweight champion Islam Makhachev sometime later this year, and then Garry will have to fend off the title aspirations of other contenders like Sean Brady and Shavkat Rakhmonov.
Ian Machado Garry does put his money where his mouth is, though, when it comes to fighting. If he has the opportunity to take more fights to lock in the position of No. 1 contender, he'll take it. That's more than we can say for a lot of other welterweights.
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