So you ask Jack Della Maddalena how he does what Volk couldn’t?

And twice.

Understanding how when he walks out into New York’s famed Madison Square Garden next Sunday, Australia’s newest combat star isn’t only headlining UFC 322, or defending welterweight gold for the first time, but facing … gasp … Islam Makhachev.

Aka, The Dagestani Bogeyman.

A fighter who is now here after vacating his UFC lightweight crown; and following a reign which includes, you likely know, beating the legendary ‘Volk’ not once, but twice – including via KO.

Yet speaking with Fox Sports Australia from his New York base this week, JDM insists ‘Volk’ has been given the blueprint to beating Makhachev – thanks not only to that contentious decision loss at UFC 284, but several gym sessions the pair have shared sinc

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