Chael Sonnen was not impressed with Jack Della Maddalena’s performance at UFC 322 on Saturday night.
“I feel Jack underperformed. We were 10 minutes into that fight… Jack hasn’t thrown a punch yet,” Sonnen said during ESPN’s UFC 322 post-fight show. “20 minutes into this fight, he had thrown a total of 31 punches. Of those 31 – only 20 of them landed and most of these were to the body. I was waiting for Jack to get going. It was the same position rinse and repeat.
“I appreciate a good double leg, the
other side of that, I learned that in my first five minutes of wrestling practice.”
According to the official stats for the showdown, Della Maddalena only connected on 30 of 74 total strikes, while Makhachev connected on 140 of 188 total strikes. Makhachev also landed four takedowns and had 19:10 minutes of control time for the 25-minute fight.
UFC analyst Anthony Smith was also puzzled by the effort put out by the former UFC welterweight champion.
“I was disappointed in Jack’s output, and his ability to get to his feet… Jack wasn’t doing enough to force Islam to have to work any harder. He was very content to just hold the position. He chased a couple of submissions. He didn’t have to work too hard at it though,” Smith said on the post-fight show. “Jack really never got going on his feet. He only is successful when he punches in combinations, when he is switching stanches in mid-combination, when he is going to the body. He did absolutely none of that…Jack didn’t force him to have to get into second gear – so why would you?”
