Javier Mendez says Jack Della Maddalena has never faced anyone like Islam Makhachev. Della Maddalena (18-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) dethroned Belal Muhammad (24-4 MMA, 15-4 UFC) to become welterweight champion in Saturday's UFC 315 main event at Bell Centre in Montreal.

Jack Della Maddalena is the new UFC welterweight champion after beating Belal Muhammad in a sensational war of attrition at UFC 315 on Saturday night in Montreal.

Jack Della Maddalena completely changed his career in the main event of UFC 315 — and it's possible the best is yet to come. The Australian challenged Belal Muhammad for the UFC Welterweight title — the title once held by French-Canadian legend Georges St-Pierre — in the main event at a raucous Bell Centre in Montreal.