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While the welterweight division is teeming with contenders, Buckley can’t find a fight. “New Mansa” recently went off on champion Islam Makhachev and top contenders like Michael Morales, Carlos Prates, Ian Garry and others. Buckley called out former champ Jack Della Maddalena, who he thinks is still recovering from his title loss against Makhachev last year. Buckley is coming off a loss against Kamaru Usman in June 2025. Buckley believes a matchup against Maddalena will be a fresh change for both of them, as they were both held down by wrestlers in their last losses.
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“If I can get anybody active, I’d say JDM,” Buckley said on Instagram. “Me and JDM would be good money. It ain’t because of where he is placed on the rankings, No.1. But I think me and JDM, stylistically we’re just meant, fireworks. And I’m sure because of what we both went through, getting held down… I think we’d be good work and we would be satisfied with the work we put on…
“Right now the division is on standstill… Right now they got the hottest division and ain’t nobody fighting. You got Islam out there playing Wrestleball. You got Prates out there partying and clubbing. You got Morales out there twerking and twirling. You got JDM still at the house crying, you got Leon missing again, you got Belal trying to send war meals, you got Ian Garry watching in the corner… What’s going on with the welterweight division? We gotta get things active, come on now. “
Maddalena (18-3) was unbeaten in 18 straight outings before his title loss against Makhachev. Meanwhile, Buckley (21-7) was riding a six-fight winning streak before his loss to Usman.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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