Sean Brady insists on getting his fingers on his first ex-UFC champion for his octagon return.
The highest welterweight contender as soon as once more referred to as out Leon Edwards, who’s the newest former UFC welterweight champion after shedding his belt to Belal Muhammad in July, for a showdown in Edwards’ dwelling nation.
Brady (17-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) needs to face Edwards (22-4 MMA, 14-3 UFC) at UFC Struggle Evening 255, which works down on March 22 on the O2 Area in London.
“I need to go to London, and I need to battle Leon in his yard March 22,” Brady stated following his submission win at Fury Skilled Grappling on Saturday night time. “Hopefully, the UFC could make that occur, however we’ll see.”
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Brady is at the moment on a two-fight successful streak after struggling his first profession loss, which got here to present UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad at UFC 280. He’s picked up back-to-back victories over Kelvin Gastelum and, most lately, former title challenger Gilbert Burns within the UFC Struggle Evening 242 headliner.
Edwards hasn’t competed since shedding his title to Muhammad. Previous to his championship defeat, Edwards was undefeated in his final 13 bouts, which included two title defenses towards Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington.
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