Sean Brady has the facility now.
At UFC London, Brady picked up the most important win of his profession, submitting former welterweight champion Leon Edwards within the fourth spherical of the primary occasion. Not solely was it the primary time somebody had stopped Edwards, however the win vaulted Brady to No. 1 within the UFC’s welterweight rankings, placing him proper on the doorstep of a title shot. And if you’re able like that, instantly you grow to be rather more widespread with different fighters.
Talking on his BradyBagz podcast, Brady talked about how life is completely different because the No. 1 contender, particularly how fighters he had beforehand been calling out are instantly rather more open to the concept of preventing him now.
“I used to be making an attempt to get the [Kamaru] Usman battle for months,” Brady stated. “DMed him, hit him up, now, now he’s saying, ‘Me and Brady ought to battle for the No. 1 contender.’ Oh, ought to we?! I simply beat the man who beat you twice!”
Kamaru Usman isn’t the one fighter who instantly as an curiosity in Brady. Brady additionally took the time to take pictures at former interim champion Colby Covington, who was bored with a matchup earlier than Brady beat Edwards.
“Identical factor with [Covington],” Brady stated. “I used to be asking for that battle for thus lengthy, the UFC just about advised me, ‘This man sucks.’ One of the best factor, I watched him, my brother despatched me this clip the place he stated, ‘Sean Brady f*cking sucks. I by no means watched one in all his fights. Blah blah blah. I watched him get beat up by Belal.’ Brother, you simply stated you by no means watched one in all my fights however then you definately watched me get beat up by Belal, so what are you speaking about?
“He’s this high-level wrestler however bro, Leon took you down a number of instances, beat the shit out of you. Do you see what I simply did to Leon? What would I do to you? I might f*cking kill him. He’s not even getting anybody within the prime 15. Dude, he won’t actually have a f*cking job. When is the final time that dude gained a battle? He f*cking sucks. …
“Colby, you’re a pussy. How do you get punched on by [Jorge] Masvidal in public and go sue him? You’re a professional fighter. You’re a pussy.”
Whereas the No. 1 contender spot is often nearly as good as a title shot, the welterweight title image is a bit muddled in the meanwhile. Champion Belal Muhammad was alleged to defend his title towards the unbeaten Shavkat at UFC 310 this previous December, however an damage pressured him out of the bout. Rakhmonov stayed on the cardboard, beating Ian Machado Garry, however suffered his personal damage in the course of the bout that left him unavailable.
Now, Muhammad defends his title on Could 10 towards Jack Della Maddalena in the primary occasion of UFC 315, and it’s unclear who will get the following crack on the winner of that battle. If Brady will get it, nice, but when he doesn’t, the satisfaction of Philadelphia says his subsequent bout is a No. 1 contenders bout or nothing.
“Both I’m preventing for the belt subsequent, I might battle the winner or loser, or actually me vs. Shavkat for No. 1 contender,” Brady stated. “I’m actually not leaning in direction of anyone. However me and Belal have this story and it’s an excellent story. In order that’s clearly the very best state of affairs: he goes on the market, he beats Jack in Could, me and him battle for the belt in direction of the tip of the yr. … I might battle Shavkat within the summertime and the winner of us fights Belal on the finish of the yr [too].
“I’m solely preventing Shavkat or the winner or loser for the belt. There’s nobody else. I’m No. 1, Shavkat is No. 2. The Usman factor might be engaging if that’s what the UFC needs to do, he’s a former champ so I would like that on my resume, however outdoors of that, no. There’s nothing there.”
