Belal Muhammad breaks down Leon Edwards vs. Sean Brady

MONTREAL – Belal Muhammad may have his eyes peeled for a battle between his former foes at UFC Battle Night time 255.

Leon Edwards (22-4 MMA, 14-3 UFC) takes on Sean Brady (17-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) within the March 22 fundamental occasion at The O2 in London. UFC welterweight champion Muhammad dethroned Edwards to turn into champion at UFC 304, and is the lone fighter at hand Brady a loss when he stopped him by TKO at UFC 280.

Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) makes his first title protection in opposition to Jack Della Maddalena (17-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) within the UFC 315 headliner Could 10 at Bell Centre. Whereas he has his sights set on Shavkat Rakhmonov with a win, he gained’t rule out Brady’s possibilities of turning into No. 1 contender if he can impress in opposition to Edwards.

“That’s a giant one, proper? That’s one other identify the place you’re like, ‘He appeared good his final two fights,’” Muhammad instructed MMA Junkie of Brady. “I feel he has to go on the market and placed on a efficiency in opposition to Leon, after which we’ll additionally see the place Leon is as a result of Sean Brady isn’t a simple activity. However I beat each of them, so whoever’s watching that battle, simply know that one of the best man on the earth has the belt since you’re going to be cheering for each of these guys, and I beat all of them.”

Edwards was initially scheduled to face Della Maddalena, however the Aussie was pulled for a title battle in opposition to Muhammad. Edwards’ previous 4 fights got here in opposition to Muhammad, Colby Covington and Kamaru Usman twice, which makes the champion assume he’ll be properly ready for Brady’s grappling method.

“You simply had an entire camp for me, you simply fought Usman, after which once you’re taking a look at Jack, he was an entire completely different fashion than us, however it’s not going to be a change for you,” Muhammad stated. “Even once you’re coaching for Jack, he’s a boxer. Brady goes to want to field to get inside you, so your distance management needs to be good, your arms needs to be good.

“Then Brady has to come back to you on brief discover, so it’s going to be an fascinating battle. I don’t assume Brady goes to have the ability to get in on him together with his takedowns. I feel Brady shoots type of like Usman the place he reaches, and he doesn’t actually have nice setups. And in an even bigger cage, I feel Leon goes to have the ability to stick and transfer, kick and transfer. However I’m excited to see it.”

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