Leon Edwards’ loss rubbed in by Sean Brady as result of previous hometown humiliation: “Was too worried about Belal”

Sean Brady criticizes Leon Edwards on splintered focus about Belal Muhammad after losing their UFC London welterweight headliner at The O2.

Leon Edwards’ loss rubbed in by Sean Brady as result of previous hometown humiliation: “Was too worried about Belal”

Sean Brady rips Leon Edwards for UFC London performance (Source: X)

Rising welterweight star Sean Brady had little trouble rubbing up Leon Edwards‘ defeat again after the UFC London main event. To that end, Brady thought the former champion had his focus elsewhere. The Philly fighter pointed at the UK star’s previous loss to Belal Muhammad. That’s why he thought the opponent lost, and now reveled in it.

Leon Edwards lost his 170-pound undisputed gold to Belal Muhammad at the UFC 304 PPV. Much of his lead-up in the fight night was about Muhammad being an unfit champion and how he wanted to rematch him soon. Meanwhile, Sean Brady pumped the brakes on those wishes with a fourth-round submission in the welterweight headliner at The O2 Arena yesterday. After UFC London, Brady ripped into ‘Rocky’ for it:

I think he was too worried about Belal, …He was too worried about how tall I am, …he was too worried about a bunch of other things that didn’t matter, and it showed tonight. He got smoked; He should’ve been more focused on this fight.

Sean Brady during UFC London post-fight fighter interviews
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Before the fight, Brady said it was a “bad look” for Edwards to drag on about his PPV title loss to Belal Muhammad. He felt the Team Renegade MMA fighter, who went on a 13-fight unbeaten streak at welterweight before that, didn’t perform at peak focus, and it showed. Given the very one-sided performance, Brady doubled down on it.

Brady’s last loss was a round-two TKO to Muhammad, so they have history. Given the rivalry with the English fighter, Muhammad also labelled Brady would win. While Edwards now drops to 0-2 in his last two, Brady thrusts forward. To that need, he’d be gunning for that gold and also doused he did a better job than the champ.

UFC London winner Sean Brady says he beat former champ better than Belal Muhammad did

Sean Brady took a page from the Belal Muhammad playbook at UFC London and ran with it. ‘Headshot Dead’ fame Leon Edwards has always had trouble against wrestlers. Muhammad outgrappled him at the UFC 304 PPV main event at Co-op Live in Manchester to become champion.

Sean Brady thinks he did a better job than Belal Muhammad
Sean Brady thinks he did a better job than Belal Muhammad (Source: X)

However, Brady wanted to create his own legacy. At the fight night in O2, the talented Philly grappler became the first to finish former champ Edwards. To that end, Brady thinks that should account for something as he did a better job than Muhammad.

That’s how you beat Leon. The blueprint was kind of written in a lot of his fights, and I just did a lot better than I think anyone else has been able to do it, …Even when he shot on me – Leon’s a very technical fighter, but when you make it a real hard fight, he tends to break. I could see he was breaking, …I think I did a lot better than Belal did, …I think Belal lost a couple of rounds. 

Sean Brady further said

Post-match, Muhammad posted on X that Brady had ‘copied his homework.’ Brady said he did better and got a finish. Leon Edwards did shoot forward and even had some middling body shots, kicks, and a good uppercut.

It didn’t put Brady in a difficult situation while standing up as he counted on the UK star to shoot as a break in pace and take him down. He then dominated him on the ground. Brady followed through on that stem and defeated him via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 4, around the 1:39 mark.

Brady also thought Muhammad’s own matchup wasn’t as dominant as his; he had it 3-2 Muhammad’s way. Brady is open to the idea of weighing in as a backup fighter for Muhammad’s first PPV title defense against Jack Della Maddalena on the 10th of May at UFC 315. The champ sees 170-pound top seed Shavkat Rakhmonov as more deserving. However, Brady believes he makes the better case now.

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