UFC Fight Night 275 Results: Della Maddalena Vs. Prates

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage of UFC Fight Night 275, headlined by Jack Della Maddalena versus Carlos Prates in Perth, Australia. 

No. 1 ranked welterweight Della Maddalena is returning home against No. 5 ranked Prates, fighting his first bout since losing the UFC Welterweight Championship to Islam Makhachev in November last year. That fight marked his first loss in nine fights since joining UFC, having earned his place with the promotion through Dana White's Contender Series in 2021. His overall record sits at 18-3.

Prates similarly came through the Contender Series in 2023, having since gone on to carve a 6-1 record – only losing to Ian Machado Garry in April last year. 

Prior to the main event, the main card will begin with heavyweight action between Tai Tuivasa against Louie Sutherland. That will be followed by Shamil Gaziev versus Brando Pericic at heavyweight, Marwan Rahiki versus Ollie Schmid at featherweight, and Tim Elliott versus Steve Erceg at flyweight. The co-main event will see Beneil Dariush taking on Quillan Salkilld at lightweight. 

UFC Fight Night is available to watch via Paramount+ in the US, with the preliminary fights due to begin at 4 AM ET and the main card scheduled to begin at 7 AM ET. 

Prelims:

• Lightweight: Kody Steele def. Dom Mar Fan via Submission in Round One 
• Welterweight: Jonathan Micallef def. Themba Gorimbo via Split Decision (29-28; 28-29; 29-28)
• Middleweight: Wes Schultz def. Ben Johnston via Submission in Round Two
• Bantamweight: Colby Thicknesse def. Vince Morales via Unanimous Decision (29-28; 29-28; 29-28)
• Middleweight: Jacob Malkoun def. Gerald Meerschaert via Unanimous Decision (29-28; 29-28; 29-28)
• Light Heavyweight: Junior Tafa def. Kevin Christian via TKO in Round One
• Middleweight: Cam Rowston def. Robert Bryczek via Unanimous Decision (30-27; 30-27; 30-27)

Round one begins Louie Sutherland gets the advantage over Tai Tuivasa relatively early on, hitting a spinning elbow followed by a clinch knee before dominating on the floor and asphyxiating Tuivasa's movement in between shots. Tuivasa is squirming to get out but Sutherland is giving barely any quarter, popping off elbows to the face and he wrestles him back to his back. 

Tuivasa tries to get some elbows off from underneath Sutherland, but he's up against it from this position. Ten-second clapper goes and Sutherland is content to keep on top burrowing elbows in. The round comes to an end with Sutherland in control. 

Round two begins with Sutherland throwing a high leg kick and shooting for the takedown. Tuivasa rolls with it and returns to his feet, leaning on Sutherland. Sutherland pushes Tuivasa up against the cage and maneuvers him to the ground with his weight. But Tuivasa once again finds his feet. 

Sutherland corrects and drops Tuivasa to the floor again. He has the side control, hammering his fist against the side of Tuivasa. It doesn't look like much but these shots will be sapping the breath from his opponent on the ground. Sutherland trying to find space to get those shots in on the head, mounting up and pinning Tuivasa to the ground with his forearm. 

Sutherland clasps the waist, Tuivasa looks to try and reverse the situation but he just gets put back to the floor again. Sutherland continues to lay the shots in as he looks to create space for the submission. A failed attempt at a guillotine is the last action of the round. 

Round three begins and Sutherland is taking his time here, catches a quick shot to the chin from Tuivasa but sure enough the fight is taken to the ground and Sutherland has the advantage again. Tuivasa briefly reverses into a guillotine but he never has it cinched in, throws an illegal knee to the head and gets audibly warned by the referee. Sutherland resumes control on top. 

Over 10 minutes of ground control in this fight from Sutherland. The referee breaks the ground work apart and gets them to resume the stand-up. Tuivasa looks shot as the fight goes to ground again. But now he's in control and throwing shots at the head of Sutherland, to no avail though as the buzzer sounds. Tuivasa threw an illegal strike in that exchange and the referee has taken a point, compounding what should be a Unanimous Decision for Sutherland.

Louie Sutherland def. Tai Tuivasa via Unanimous Decision (30-26; 30-26; 30-26)

Round one begins and Shamil Gaziev edges closer to Brando Pericic, following a right straight with a grapple against the cage. Gaziev maintains the waist control even as Pericic gets back to his feet against the cage. 

Gaziev now digging knees into the back of Pericic's legs while maintaining control against the cage. The referee breaks them up and the stand-up resumes. Pericic opening up now with shots upstairs and kicks to the leading leg. Relentless shots coming in from Pericic and Gaziev is wobbling back-and-forth, but he manages to survive for now. 

Gaziev now grappling Pericic against the cage again, but the referee breaks it up as he stands idle. Pericic welcomes the stand-up resuming and continues to rock Gaziev with shots. Gaziev catches Pericic with a right uppercut and Pericic is wobbled now, but his only defense is offense and he ends the round having rocked Gaziev a little more. 

Round two begins and Pericic is back to throwing and looking for the finish. Gaziev counter-punching every time. Both men are rocked and punched out at the same time, Gaziev doing the stalking and walking through punches as though they're not there. A huge counter-right changes that gameplan and sends Gaziev a few paces back, but he comes back in for the clinch against the cage. 

The referee is imploring them to make something of the position, but they don't and he makes the break. Immediately back into exchanging headshot for headshot. Pericic lands another great shot snapping the head of Gaziev back, and he follows up with the shot that drops him at last. The referee calls it, the fight is over. 

Brando Pericic def. Shamil Gaziev via TKO in Round Two

Round one begins and Ollie Schmid is feinting and throwing kicks, but Marwan Rahiki returns fire with a flush head kick. 

Both are practicing stick and move. Rahiki puts together a combination that teases a finish, Schmid slips it and comes back. Rahiki with another combination – jab, right hook, left hook – and Schmid drops to the floor. The referee calls the fight. 

Marwan Rahiki def. Ollie Schmid via TKO in Round One

Round one begins with Tim Elliott moving awkwardly compared to the more rigid form of Steve Erceg. Erceg takes a little slip on a kick but gets back up quickly. 

Elliott keeps switching stances and levels and Erceg is stalking while not being able to find an opening. Elliott comes inside swinging wildly, leaning his head away from the firefight. It pays off as Elliot catches Erceg with a left hook to send him to the floor. Another quick recovery. 

Erceg finding the target a little more with a stiff jab, but Elliott catches him again with another wild swing. Elliot shoots for a takedown and gets it but the round comes to an end before he can do anything with it. 

Round two begins much as the first one began. Elliott leading with his left for a bit and throwing two shots on target, but Erceg doesn't seem too bothered. Erceg with a right hook glancing the chin of Elliott, who does look to be tiring from the movement. 

That slower movement allows Erceg to find the target with a quick one-two on the left. Elliott throws a half-hearted teep and gets caught for it. Erceg gets another left hook across the chin of Elliott before Elliott shoots again, gets it again. But nothing comes of it. 

Erceg shoots but switches levels immediately to jab at the face, continuing to pepper Elliott as he tries to come forward. Erceg gets the takedown now. Elliott slips the rear choke attempt and gets a takedown but the stand-up resumes soon after. 

Elliott wobbly now as Erceg continues to pair up shots to the face. Erceg couples a jab with a right straight that catches Elliott flush. But the round comes to an end. 

Round three begins and Elliott tries a Superman punch but he's way too tired to get the snap on it. Erceg continually content to rest on the jab and pick his spot between Elliott's movements. Erceg now working the body with kicks as Elliott comes forward, back to the jabs to the face. Erceg connects with a promising head kick but stays patient, happy to rack up significant strikes leaning on the left. 

Erceg shoots for a takedown but Elliott slips it. Elliott coming forward and trying to find a rhythm but only getting punches to the face for it. Erceg opening up a little more now, confident in his flow. Every time Elliott tries to get something off he's getting tagged back twice more. Elliott tries another takedown but Erceg punches him off. 

Elliott both a combination of tired and out of answers. He tries another takedown, fails, and goes for a back elbow to no avail. The round and the fight comes to an end. 

Steve Erceg def. Tim Elliott via Unanimous Decision (29-28; 29-28; 29-28)

Round one starts and Salkilld throws a head kick that swings and misses. Dariush floors Salkilld early but he recovers quickly, only for Dariush to seize control of the waist against the cage. Dariush trying to work Salkilld to the ground but he refuses to go under, the stalemate being grappled against the cage. 

Salkilld now making use of the grappling of Dariush to throw pot-shots to the face. One has to wonder how much energy Dariush is expending fighting for a takedown that isn't coming. And just like that Salkilld drops Dariush with a right straight across the jaw. Dariush recovers only to get sunk again, and the referee halts Salkilld as he bundles onto his opponent to signal the end of the fight. 

Quillan Salkilld def. Beneil Dariush via TKO in Round One

Round one of the main event is underway and Carlos Prates is happy to let Jack Della Maddalena approach him, coming forward with cautious throws to telegraph where the space is. 

Maddalena comes in and hooks Prates in the body. Prates creates an audible slap with a left hook to the body. Maddalena continues to sting the leading leg of Prates, but Prates comes through with two solid shots to send him backward. 

Maddalena's leg starting to redden as Prates continues to add kicks to the mix. Prates now bouncing on the outside and using his leg reach advantage, Maddalena keeps reminding him of the danger of that right overhand. But Prates is still comfortable. Maddalena gets a takedown against the cage, and just as well as his right side was starting to redden. 

Round one comes to an end with Maddalena on top. 

Round two begins and Prates appears to be enjoying himself, teasing a takedown but laughing instead. Maddalena finally shoots for the takedown and gets it, tries for the rear choke but gets thrown off by Prates as he returns to his feet. 

Prates feints a jumping knee and comes down with a straight punch instead. Maddalena with a solid left uppercut and comes in for the clinch against the cage. Maddalena presses Prates against the cage but he just comes back with stiffer shots in response. Prates connects with another knee to the face, goes for another but falls on his rear-end as a result. 

Stinging left leg kick to Maddalena forces a limp out of him. Prates landing punches in bunches now, followed by a step-in elbow. Another nasty leg kick drops Maddalena as the round comes to an end. He was saved by the buzzer there. 

Round three begins and Maddalena is forced to switch stances and hide that leg, only making Prates more confident in his stand-up. Prates lands another knee and Maddalena tries to wrestle, but he's elbowed off and now he's busted open. Prates with the same exact knee, dropping Maddalena but he recovers. 

Maddalena still coming forward, still getting jabbed as he does so. Prates grabs the left wrist to open for another knee, drops Maddalena again, but he's happy to let his opponent get back up. Another left knee to the head. Prates wipes Maddalena to the floor with another left leg kick, Maddalena stays on the ground and Prates continues to sink kicks into the left leg. 

Maddalena rolls over to cover himself as Prates comes in with 12-6 elbows to prompt the referee to call it. 

Carlos Prates def. Jack Della Maddalena via TKO in Round Three