Jack Della Maddalena did not have a good night at UFC 322, and his coach is making no excuses.<\/p>\n
This past Saturday, Della Maddalena lost his welterweight title after being dominated by Islam Makachev for 25 minutes in the main event of UFC 322 in New York City. In the immediate aftermath, Della Maddalena\u2019s coach, Ben Vickers, released a statement about their disappointment<\/a> in the outcome, and a few days later, the Scrappy MMA leader is still just as bummed.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re not happy with the performance, let\u2019s put that out there,\u201d Vickers told Submission Radio<\/a>. \u201cI feel like Jack could have done better. I feel like, for once in his life, maybe Jack didn\u2019t have his best performance and put his best foot forward when it mattered, which he\u2019s always done throughout his whole career. So, for the fact that on his bad night, when you have an off night in this sport, it\u2019s very humiliating, and on his worst night \u2014 I don\u2019t even want to go into it. I don\u2019t want to sound like we count a victory, not getting stopped. We lost. We were comprehensively beaten, and we need to do better.\u201d<\/p>\n Shortly after UFC 322, multiple MMA luminaries spoke about the fight, criticizing the former<\/a> welterweight champion<\/a> and Vickers<\/a> for his performance against Makhachev, and Vickers agrees, saying they had a plan entering the fight, but didn\u2019t execute it well.<\/p>\n \u201cThe game plan was movement, but I feel like we never got the movement going,\u201d Vickers said. \u201cWe had sort of routes to the feet, on the floor, but for whatever reason, we couldn\u2019t start executing and getting to the first point of those routes. Islam did such a good job. And I don\u2019t want to go too much into the game plan, because it\u2019s a game plan we will use again. I don\u2019t think there was an issue with the game plan, just the execution.<\/p>\n \u201cDefinitely more movement. Obviously, we didn\u2019t want to be on the ground for 19 minutes of a 25-minute fight. We wanted to do some damage, wanted to do death by a thousand cuts, just pick away from the outside. It just wasn\u2019t our night.\u201d<\/p>\n It certainly wasn\u2019t, and now \u201cJDM\u201d finds himself back in the middle of a dense pack of welterweight contenders. And with a one-sided loss to the current champion, Della Maddalena is likely out of the title picture, at least for a little while. But Vickers still has the utmost confidence in his fighter.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had a good camp, I\u2019m not going to lie,\u201d Vickers said. \u201cI\u2019m not going to make any excuses. We had a good camp, and his last session, his fight simulation session, was great, and we were excited and positive coming into the fight. It\u2019s just tough sometimes with the bright lights and all that to execute. And unfortunately, our issue on the night was execution of a game plan that we put together. And we couldn\u2019t do that.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I still firmly believe \u2026 Jack can beat Islam Makhachev. And I believe Jack will beat a couple more welterweights, and whoever\u2019s got the strap, we\u2019re looking for it. We climbed the mountain once from our little shed in Western Australia, and we\u2019re prepared to do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n Statement. Jack Della Maddalena releases a statement<\/a> after loss to Islam Makhachev at UFC 322.<\/p>\n Dislike. \u2018He\u2019s just a mouthy little rich pr*ck\u2019<\/a>: Dan Hooker explains why he dislikes Arman Tsarukyan so much.<\/p>\n Reaction. Colby Covington reacts to Islam Makhachev\u2019s lopsided title win<\/a> at UFC 322.<\/p>\n Farewell. Rico Verhoeven vacates GLORY heavyweight title<\/a> after 12 years as champion, but is not declaring retirement.<\/p>\n Replacement. Waldo Cortes-Acosta steps in on 3 days\u2019 notice<\/a> to save UFC Qatar heavyweight bout.<\/p>\n Rankings. Valentina Shevchenko cements No. 1 spot\u2014is she now the GOAT<\/a>?<\/p>\n Mailbag. Islam Makhachev had all the answers<\/a> for Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 322.<\/p>\n UFC Qatar main event fighters.<\/p>\n Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo breakdown UFC Qatar.<\/p>\n SOCIAL MEDIA BOUILLABAISSE<\/p>\n Khamzat Chimaev flew out to support Arman Tsarukyan at UFC Qatar.<\/p>\n Arman Tsarukyan knows ball.<\/p>\n Man got the biggest win of his life and had to go back to a construction job. This sport, man.<\/p>\n Arnold Allen trolling the people.<\/p>\n Waldo Cortes-Acosta (15-2) vs. Shamil Gaziev (14-1); UFC Qatar, Nov. 22.<\/p>\n Usman Nurmagomedov (20-0) vs. Alfie Davis (20-5-1); PFL, Feb. 7.<\/p>\n Really excited for this weekend. Daytime MMA is always lovely, and UFC Qatar is a very solid card. Our cup runneth over right now.<\/p>\n If you find something you\u2019d like to see in the Morning Report, hit up @AlexanderKlee<\/a> or @JedKMeshew<\/a> on Twitter and let us know about it. Also, follow MMAFighting on Twitter<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, TikTok<\/a>, and like us on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n