March 25, 2025 6:50 pm ET
Sean Brady is on high of Kamaru Usman’s hitlist after UFC Combat Night time 255.
Brady (18-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) dominated former UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards (22-5 MMA, 14-4 UFC) with a Round 4 submission in Saturday’s main event at The O2 in London.
Each Henry Cejudo and supervisor Ali Abdelaziz pitched the thought of Usman vs. Brady subsequent. Usman was impressed with Brady’s efficiency and is on board with the suggestion.
“That’s level, Henry, as a result of while you have a look at kinds and the way in which that fights work, myself and Colby Covington, what did everybody say? ‘Oh, they’re each wrestlers. They’re each economical fighters.’ And also you noticed what that turned out to be,” Usman stated on his “Pound 4 Pound” podcast with Cejudo. “All proper, we cancel one another out, we ain’t even going to attempt to grapple, let’s bang it out.
“Hey, this has the potential to be a kind of fights. I like Sean Brady. I like the way in which he approaches the sport, and naturally he’s coaching with Din Thomas now, in order that provides an additional ingredient to the sport. I like each, however I need to preserve that streak of beating all of Din Thomas’ guys. I whooped not less than three of his guys, so I need to preserve that streak going, however I like that matchup.”
Usman’s pecking order
Usman will look to rebound from a three-fight dropping skid. The previous welterweight champion gave his order of choice on whom he needs subsequent, with Brady No. 1 on that checklist.
“If I needed to decide the order, I might say Brady, Shavkat (Rakhmonov), (Joaquin) Buckley,” Usman stated. “That’s what is sensible as a result of the winner of Brady and I, we struggle for the title subsequent as a result of for those who have a look at what Sean Brady simply did, he simply took out a former champion. Then you definately struggle one other former champion, and if he’s in a position to get by me, it’s exhausting to disclaim him that he shouldn’t struggle for the title. Who else within the division has a resume like that? Nobody if Brady is in a position to do this.”
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