Jack Della Maddalena downs Brazilian veteran Gilbert Consumes to dream of UFC title shot

Australia's rising welterweight UFC star Jack Della Maddalena needs a confrontation against world No.3 Shavkat Rakhmonov, subsequent to bringing down Brazilian veteran Gilbert Consumes at UFC 299 in Miami.

Della Maddalena guaranteed his seventeenth consecutive triumph and the greatest of his profession on Saturday (Sunday AEDT), with a third-round technical knockout of world No.5 Consumes.

After a hard-battled opening two rounds, Della Maddalena turned out of a takedown endeavor from Consumes to floor the Brazilian with a knee to the face.

The Australian circled back to a whirlwind of ground-and-pound punches before the battle was halted at three minutes 43 seconds.

Della Maddalena is one of the rising stars of the division, and last week clarified he was focusing on a shot at the welterweight crown before the year's over.

Saturday's triumph has helped that reason, with the 27-year-old presently longing for an end against unbeaten Kazakhstani Rakhmonov in Perth this year.

Win that and his fantasy of a title session could turn into a reality, with Leon Edwards the ongoing holder.

It feels significantly better, my arrangement was to come here, snatch the money and run, Della Maddalena said after his triumph in Miami.

There's a few terrifying individuals in this division, yet I'm the f g most startling.

Shavkat Rakhmanov, me and you could make quite a title eliminator. Downright mind-blowing. We should go.

Consumes was left on his back for a few minutes after the battle, with Della Maddalena trying to keep an eye on his opponent in a move that brought up issues throughout the time taken for official Dan Miragliotta to step in and stop the challenge.

With previous US president Donald Trump in participation at UFC 299 in front of the Sean O'Malley and Marlon Vera session, Della Maddalena was barely the better contender in the principal round.

Be that as it may, Consumes retaliated in the second, arrival a decent elbow and showing up prone to take the distinctions.

Della Maddalena caused some early harm in the third with a crunching right snare, prior to ending up on the back foot at the midway imprint.

Be that as it may, his beating knee to Consumes' face left the Brazilian staggering in reverse, and guaranteed the Perth warrior would rise all the way into the main 10 rankings.

In the mean time, Sean O'Malley put on a colossal presentation of striking to overcome Ecuador's Marlon Chito Vera by consistent choice and hold his bantamweight title in the headliner.

O'Malley, who beat Aljamain Real to guarantee the title back in August 2023, experienced the main loss of his genius vocation to Vera, going down in the principal round of their August 2023 session subsequent to experiencing a foot injury.

The re-match demonstrated an alternate suggestion as American O'Malley put on a striking masterclass.

In the co-headliner, previous break lightweight boss Dustin Poirier scored a heavenly second-round knockout to overcome Benoit Holy person Denis.