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 may have taken one title fight off the table with his UFC 315 win, but it's not his fault he was better than we thought.

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.