Jack Della Maddalena has become the latest welterweight champion to fall victim to an apparent divisional curse, suffering his second consecutive defeat. The pattern shows former welterweight champions experiencing losing streaks shortly after losing their titles. Johny Hendricks suffered 3 straight losses, Robbie Lawler had 4, Tyron Woodley lost 4 in a row, Kamaru Usman had 3, Leon Edwards suffered 3 consecutive defeats, and Belal Muhammad lost 2 before Della Maddalena's current 2-fight skid. The post notes this as an unfortunate trend affecting former champions in the division.
