UFC 275: Jack Della Maddalena ready to emerge as next big MMA star from Oceania

He may only be one fight into his UFC career proper, but Jack Della Maddalena says he is ready to emerge as the next star MMA athlete from Oceania and follow the path being forged by Alexander Volkanovski, Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker.

Della Maddalena gets his first taste of a UFC main card this weekend when he faces Ramazan Emeev at UFC 275 in Singapore (Saturday, 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV), the Australian's return to the Octagon for the first time since his Round 1 victory over Pete Rodriguez in January.

Two titles are on the line at UFC 275. Glover Teixeira defends his light heavyweight championship against fast-rising Jiri Prochazka, and Valentina Shevchenko aims to keep her flyweight dominance going when she faces Taila Santos. Plus, strawweights Zhang Weili and Joanna Jedrzejczyk meet in a rematch of the 2020 fight of the year.

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UFC 275: Teixeira vs. ProchazkaSaturday, June 11, Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore • Main card: 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV • Prelims: 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2/ESPN+ • Early prelims: 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+

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And it was that performance that put the UFC on notice, with commentators Daniel Cormier and Joe Rogan waxing lyrical over the welterweight for whom the victory was an 11th on the trot but first since graduating from Dana White's Contender Series.

Singapore may have lost the Robert Whittaker-Marvin Vettori fight because of injury, but the city is set to get a look at another Australian fighter whom many believe is destined for big things in the division.

«I feel like I am ready,» Della Maddalena replied when asked whether