Sean Brady has the ability now.
At UFC London, Brady picked up the largest 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 once you’re ready like that, immediately you turn out to be rather more common 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 immediately rather more open to the concept of combating him now.
“I used to be attempting to get the [Kamaru] Usman combat for months,” Brady mentioned. “DMed him, hit him up, now, now he’s saying, ‘Me and Brady ought to combat 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 immediately has an curiosity in Brady. Brady additionally took the time to take photographs at former interim champion Colby Covington, who was bored with a matchup earlier than Brady beat Edwards.
“Similar factor with [Covington],” Brady mentioned. “I used to be asking for that combat for therefore lengthy, the UFC just about instructed me, ‘This man sucks.’ The most effective factor, I watched him, my brother despatched me this clip the place he mentioned, ‘Sean Brady f*cking sucks. I by no means watched certainly one of his fights. Blah blah blah. I watched him get beat up by Belal.’ Brother, you simply mentioned you by no means watched certainly one of my fights however you then 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 occasions, 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 combat? He f*cking sucks. …
“Colby, you’re a p*ssy. How do you get punched on by [Jorge] Masvidal in public and go sue him? You’re a professional fighter. You’re a p*ssy.”
Whereas the No. 1 contender spot is normally pretty much as good as a title shot, the welterweight title image is a bit muddled in the mean time. Champion Belal Muhammad was purported to defend his title in opposition to the unbeaten Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310 this previous December, however an harm pressured him out of the bout. Rakhmonov stayed on the cardboard and beat Ian Machado Garry, however suffered his personal harm throughout the bout that left him unavailable.
Now, Muhammad defends his title on Might 10 in opposition to 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 combat. If Brady will get it, nice, but when he doesn’t, the pleasure of Philadelphia says his subsequent bout is a No. 1 contender bout or nothing.
“Both I’m combating for the belt subsequent, I may combat the winner or loser, or actually me vs. Shavkat for No. 1 contender,” Brady mentioned. “I’m actually not leaning in the direction of anyone. However me and Belal have this story and it’s an excellent story. In order that’s clearly the most effective state of affairs: he goes on the market, he beats Jack in Might, me and him combat for the belt in the direction of the tip of the 12 months. … I might combat Shavkat within the summertime and the winner of us fights Belal on the finish of the 12 months [too].
“I’m solely combating Shavkat or the winner or loser for the belt. There’s nobody else. I’m No. 1, Shavkat is No. 2. The Usman factor may very well be engaging if that’s what the UFC desires to do, he’s a former champ so I need that on my resume, however outdoors of that, no. There’s nothing there.”
