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The Australian Who Defied the Odds, Jack Della Maddalena Prepares for Makhachev at UFC 322

Jack Della Maddalena’s path to becoming a UFC champion, began years earlier in Western Australia, shaped by rugby, boxing, and a hunger for competition passed down from his older brother.u200b

Jack Della Maddalena’s UFC Career

Growing up in Perth, Della Maddalena played rugby from age eight through his school years before discovering martial arts in his early teens. His parents introduced him and his brother Josh to a boxing gym as a fitness tool for rugby during preseason, but boxing became the obsession. When school rugby ended around age 18, the brothers made the full transition into MMA.