Sean Brady displays on UFC 280 loss to Belal Muhammad, addresses on-line trolls

UFC welterweight contender Sean Brady admits the stage was too large when he fought now-champion Belal Muhammad.

It was October 2022 when a then-undefeated and barely favored Brady (17-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) stepped into the cage at UFC 280 to face Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC). The function preliminary bout was a giant one for each fighters who have been knocking on the door of title competition.

Muhammad gained the combat by second spherical TKO, ending Brady’s undefeated run. The outcome was a actuality examine of types for the Philadelphia-born fighter.

“Again in 2022 once I misplaced to Belal, I wasn’t prepared for these large fights and these large moments,” Brady mentioned on “The BradyBagz Show.” “The outdated Sean Brady needed to die. I turned a brand new model of myself, after which since turning into a dad, I really feel like that’s turned a special degree of who I’m.”

Whereas Brady says he has advanced as a fighter and as an individual away from combating, one factor he can’t appear to flee is the trolls on-line in remark sections who like to carry up the one lack of his skilled profession. It’s one thing that Brady laughs at now since he’s moved on and realized from the second.

The truth is, Brady is assured that when he meets Muhammad contained in the cage once more, the outcome can be a lot totally different than their first combat.

“Didn’t get dropped, utterly advantageous afterwards – like, brother, he’s the UFC champion,” Brady mentioned. “If me and Belal combat 10 occasions, I’m profitable 9 of them. I misplaced the one. It’s OK, and I don’t speak like that as a result of I do know I’m going to get my get again. Y’all could be within the feedback and say that. I’m No. 5 within the UFC. Y’all are out right here writing within the feedback of my present, of my sh*t.”

Brady has rebounded properly with wins over a pair of former UFC title challengers in Kelvin Gastelum (interim middleweight) and Gilbert Burns.

On March 22, Brady will get one other probability to firmly put his title in title competition when he takes on former champion Leon Edwards at UFC Fight Night 255 in London. It’s a street sport for Brady, however a giant essential occasion that would possible earn a title shot.

“Three weeks out, I really feel wonderful,” Brady mentioned. “Staff, my physique really feel – every part’s wonderful. We’re coaching exhausting as sh*t. We’re able to f*cking go.”