{"id":47506,"date":"2025-05-04T01:51:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T00:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=47506"},"modified":"2025-05-04T01:51:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T00:51:50","slug":"gilbert-burns-lauds-ex-opponent-before-ufc-315-welterweight-title-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/gilbert-burns-lauds-ex-opponent-before-ufc-315-welterweight-title-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilbert Burns Lauds Ex-Opponent Before UFC 315 Welterweight Title Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fight between Belal Muhammad, and No.2 ranked Shavkat Rakhmonov was set to take place for the main event of UFC 315. However, Rakhmonov announced that he will not be ready to participate in the contest because of an injury. So the UFC decided to replace Rakhmonov with Jack Della Maddalena, who will face Belal Muhammad, now, for the welterweight title. <\/p><p>Belal Muhammad has had quite a run in the UFC, as he defeated Leon at UFC 304, in July of 2024, to be become the welterweight champ. His ground game was superior than that of Edwards, which he completely took advantage off to win the fight against the Brit. While Edwards initially couldn&rsquo;t believe that he lost, and wanted a rematch against the champ, a loss against Sean Brady, was more than enough to keep him away from title contention, at least for some time. Now that Muhammad is the champ, he wanted to take on Shavkat Rakhmonov, who is currently undefeated in the UFC. However, since Rakhmonov was replaced by Maddalena, many fans and the media have been overlooking him, and already calling for Muhammad to win the bout.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">UFC 315 &#129321;&#128293; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC315?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#UFC315<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X7Ts02AeJw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/X7Ts02AeJw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; DiaztwinsMMA (@DiaztwinsMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiaztwinsMMA\/status\/1917964035884032311?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>May 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Recently, Gilbert Burns gave his take on, why he thinks the fight is much closer than what most fans and analysts said. Let&rsquo;s find out more.<\/p><p>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/deiveson-figueiredo-mma-record-all-about-deiveson-figuereido-mma-wins-and-losses\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>What Is Deiveson Figueiredo&rsquo;s MMA Record? All About Deiveson Figueiredo&rsquo;s MMA Record, Wins and Losses<\/a><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gilbert Burns Breaks Down Why Belal Muhammad vs. Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 315 Is a Closer Fight Than Fans Think<\/h2><p>Gilbert Burns, a UFC welterweight contender who&rsquo;s fought Belal Muhammad, Jack Della Maddalena, and Sean Brady, stated that Maddelena is being heavily underrated going into UFC 315. Burns said, <strong><em>&ldquo;The fight is closer than people think. JDM (Maddalena) is super underrated, people have no idea. 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border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto;\"> <div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJLV8KrodnQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>A post shared by Verdict MMA App (@verdictmma)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><p>Muhammad is currently -250 favorite to win the fight, meanwhile, Maddalena is the +200 underdog going into UFC 315. While the current welterweight champ is an extremely precise fighter in his own right, Maddalena has never lost in the UFC so far and is 7-0 in the UFC, and 17-2-0 overall. He&rsquo;s finished 14 of his 17 fights so far in his MMA career, and is definitely a fighter to keep an eye on. In fact, the last time Maddalena lost an MMA fight was back in 2016! So all we&rsquo;ll say is, do not expect Maddalena to be an extremely easy challenge for Muhammad at UFC 315.<\/p><p>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-time-does-ufc-fight-night-start-tonight-ufc-fight-night-sandhagen-vs-figuereido-start-time-main-card-streaming-details-and-more\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>What time does UFC Fight Night start tonight? UFC Fight Night Sandhagen vs Figuereido Start Time, Main Card, Streaming Details and More<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fight between Belal Muhammad, and No.2 ranked Shavkat Rakhmonov was set to take place for the main event of UFC 315. However, Rakhmonov announced that he will not be ready to participate in the contest because of an injury. So the UFC decided to replace Rakhmonov with Jack Della Maddalena, who will face Belal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":47508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1783],"tags":[1868,3670,2565,1983],"class_list":["post-47506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mma","tag-belal-muhammad","tag-gilbert-burns","tag-jack-della-maddalena","tag-ufc"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gilbert Burns Lauds Ex-Opponent Before UFC 315 Welterweight Title Clash - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gilbert Burns praises his former foe ahead of the UFC 315 Welterweight title fight on May 10, 2025, in Montreal.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/gilbert-burns-lauds-ex-opponent-before-ufc-315-welterweight-title-clash\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gilbert Burns Lauds Ex-Opponent Before UFC 315 Welterweight Title Clash - 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