UFC 315 LIVE: Results as Jack Della Maddalena takes title from Belal Muhammad with brilliant display

Re-live the action after Australia’s ‘JDM’ won an entertaining main event in Canada to claim the welterweight belt

'Special thing to get the belt' - Della Maddalena on dethroning Belal Muhammad

Jack Della Maddalena claimed the welterweight title from Belal Muhammad in the main event of UFC 315, showing off sublime striking to dethrone the wrestling specialist.

Della Maddalena was able to hold the centre of the Octagon and press forward for much of the five-round bout, switching stances frequently and tagging Muhammad with dozens of straight shots, as well as a knee that cut the Palestinian-American badly in round five.

Muhammad, 36, did not rely on his usually effective wrestling nearly enough, and when he did, his Australian challenger exhibited impressive defence. With that, “JDM” secured scorecards of 48-47, 48-47 and 49-46, halting Muhammad’s 10-fight win streak and extending his own to a remarkable 18 bouts.

Della Maddalena, 28, ended Muhammad’s title reign during the latter’s first defence, and now the Aussie is expected to defend the strap against Muhammad’s friend Islam Makhachev – the reigning lightweight king, who has eyed welterweight gold but would not face Muhammad.

And in Saturday’s co-main event in Montreal, flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko extended her second reign atop the division, retaining the title against Manon Fiorot with a razor-close decision. Re-live the action and see all the results from the UFC 315 main card and prelims, below.

UFC 315 LIVE: Muhammad vs Della Maddalena

• Jack Della Maddalena outpoints Belal Muhammad to win welterweight title
• Muhammad's title reign ends during his very first defence
• Della Maddalena expected to defend belt against Islam Makhachev
• Lightweight king Makhachev said he wouldn't challenge friend Muhammad
• Valentina Shevchenko retains flyweight title with narrow decision against Manon Fiorot

[11 May 2025 00:47 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 315 LIVE: Muhammad vows to make ring walk with Palestine flag

More on Muhammad now, who has vowed to make his ring walk tonight with the Palestine flag.

The UFC 315 main event follows an online episode from March, when the Palestine flag was removed from Muhammad’s fighter profile on ufc.com before being restored.

Muhammad, 36, fights out of Chicago but was born to Palestinian parents, and many fans speculated that the absence of the flag on ufc.com was related to Palestine’s complicated history with Israel. The nations have been locked in fresh conflict since late 2023.

Here’s what the champ has had to say:

[11 May 2025 00:39 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 315 LIVE: Muhammad plays down Makhachev threat after Russian meets UFC brass

Prior to Dana White explaining how the result of tonight’s main event will impact the lightweight title picture, Muhammad had this to say – about whether his friend Makhachev might have gone behind his back to plan a fight between them...

[11 May 2025 00:21 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 315 LIVE: Why main event will unlock the biggest fights of the year

This evening, the main event of UFC 315 will determine not only who leaves Montreal as welterweight champion, but also what the next title fight will be in the division. That is not unusual. Yet tonight’s headline bout will also influence the next lightweight title fight, causing a ripple effect that may even trickle to the heavyweight division.

This piece was originally written more speculatively, albeit based on a decent helping of logic, until UFC president Dana White confirmed on Thursday what we had planned to lay out below.

Here’s how Muhammad vs Della Maddalena will have ramifications on Islam Makhachev, Ilia Topuria, Charles Oliveira and Shavkat Rakhmonov – and maybe even Jon Jones, Tom Aspinall, Dricus Du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev!!