March 22, 2025 9:30 pm ET
LONDON – Sean Brady took Belal Muhammad’s blueprint and one-upped him at UFC Battle Evening 255.
Brady (18-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) dominated former welterweight champion Leon Edwards (22-5 MMA, 14-4 UFC) on the bottom then submitted him with a guillotine choke in Round 4 of Saturday’s main event at The O2 in London.
Muhammad outgrappled Edwards to become champion at UFC 304, however wasn’t capable of end him. Brady thinks turning into the primary to cease Edwards ought to account for one thing.
“That’s the way you beat Leon. The blueprint was form of written in numerous his fights, and I simply did so much higher than I believe anybody else has been capable of do it,” Brady advised reporters, together with MMA Junkie, in the course of the post-fight information convention.
“Even when he shot on me – Leon’s a really technical fighter, however while you make it an actual exhausting battle, he tends to interrupt. I might see he was breaking, and I knew he broke as soon as he shot on me as a result of that’s the final place he would need to be is on the bottom with me. So as soon as I knew he needed to grapple with me, I knew it was going to be over quickly.”
After the battle, Muhammad posted on X that Brady copied his homework. Brady reminded Muhammad that he was capable of do one thing to Edwards that he couldn’t.
“I believe I did so much higher than Belal did,” Brady mentioned. “I believe Belal misplaced a few rounds. He had his again taken for a complete spherical. I believe it was 3-2 after they fought? I dominated Leon each spherical. Nobody’s ever did it like me. After which I submitted him and made him stop in entrance of his hometown. If we had been in Philly, you ain’t making me stop in entrance of my hometown, I’ll let you know that. I’m going to sleep, son. So simply do not forget that.”
Brady is open to weighing in as a backup for Muhammad’s first title protection in opposition to Jack Della Maddalena Might 10 at UFC 315. Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) sees Shavkat Rakhmonov as most worthy of a title shot since their UFC 310 title battle fell by, however Brady thinks his resume could be higher.
“When you have a look at the folks I’ve been beating vs. Shavkat, I believe I’ve a reasonably good – Gilbert Burns and Leon Edwards, my final two vs. his final two, (Stephen) ‘Wonderboy’ (Thompson) and Ian Garry – I’ve obtained a pleasant little document going,” Brady mentioned. “However I simply need to maintain including names to my resume and we’ll see what occurs.”
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