American MMA fighter Brady silences the gang in London with a fourth-round guillotine choke on residence favorite Edwards.
American Sean Brady has scored the most important combined martial arts (MMA) win of his profession with an excellent submission over former welterweight champion Leon Edwards to silence the gang at London’s O2 Area, catapulting himself into competition for a title combat with compatriot Belal Muhammad.
Brady dominated earlier than a guillotine choke pressured the 33-year-old to faucet out at 1:39 within the fourth spherical in opposition to the British fighter on the UFC Battle Evening on Saturday.
Brady, with an 18-1 win-loss document in MMA, was overcome with emotion as he accepted the combat with Edwards (22-4 document) on February 19, in accordance with MMAFighting.com, which he stated was a big day in his private life.
“I actually took this combat the day I bought out of the hospital with my spouse [and] with our new child child,” the 32-year-old stated following the win.
“I knew this was a combat [where] I might try this [kind of performance] in. I can try this in opposition to anyone within the [welterweight] division. I simply confirmed that in opposition to one of many former most prestigious champions as of not too long ago. So, yeah, I feel I belong within the high 3, high 1 for certain.”
With Muhammad (24-3 document) set to place the belt on the road in opposition to Australian Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 315 in Might, Brady is in pole place to fulfill the winner.
Edwards, showing in his first combat since dropping the title to Muhammad in July, dealt effectively with the fixed ahead strain from Brady within the first spherical however as soon as the American took the combat to the mat the tide turned.
Brady spent the second and third rounds controlling Edwards on the bottom, threatening with submissions and alternating with highly effective strikes as his Jamaican-born opponent struggled to free himself.
Edwards managed to thwart some takedown makes an attempt, however Brady was relentless all through and with Edwards faltering early within the fourth spherical, the American started turning the screw.
Brady expertly combined up his threats, hinting at an tried shoulder lock earlier than shortly switching focus and locking his proper arm below his opponent’s chin and making use of crushing strain to drive the faucet.
Edwards had been on account of combat Della Maddalena, however he was pulled from the bout and inserted as Muhammad’s subsequent opponent.
Edwards has now misplaced two in a row courting to July final 12 months, as he beforehand held the UFC welterweight title for the higher a part of three years working.
Within the co-main occasion, New Zealand’s Carlos Ulberg scored a unanimous resolution victory over Polish former champion Jan Blachowicz in a lightweight heavyweight bout, extending his unbeaten run to eight fights and shifting nearer to a tilt on the title.
Different outcomes included Kevin Holland defeating longtime promotional veteran Gunnar Nelson by unanimous resolution at welterweight – 29-28, 29-28, 29-28, giving Holland his first win in 9 months following a two-fight dropping skid.
In ladies’s strawweight motion, Molly McCann misplaced to short-notice alternative Alexia Thainara, which made McCann announce her retirement from MMA after 4 losses in 5 UFC outings.
Starting the primary card, light-weight Chris Duncan submitted Jordan Vucenic, needing three minutes and 42 seconds within the second spherical to safe a guillotine choke and enhance his UFC document to 4-1 since March 2023.
Opening the primary card regardless of a delayed begin, featherweight Nathaniel Wooden bought the O2 Area in a frenzy with a dominant unanimous resolution win, scoring 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in opposition to Morgan Charriere.
The UFC stays on the street per week from Saturday because it travels to Mexico Metropolis, headlined by a flyweight predominant occasion between former champion Brandon Moreno and one-time title challenger Steve Erceg.
