Sean Brady snagged the most important win of his profession at UFC London.
In entrance of the UK-faithful, Brady wrestled into oblivion, after which submitted Leon Edwards. Now with a win over the previous champion, the Philadelphia native has title aspirations.
Who will the Renzo Gracie Philly contender face subsequent? There are alternatives and all of them are motion packed.
The actual primary contender
It wasn’t way back that it was nearly unanimous that Shavkat Rakhmonov was the primary contender. He was even slated to problem 170-champion Belal Muhammad at UFC 310 earlier than Muhammad pulled out because of harm.
Now that Sean Brady has defeated Leon Edwards, a former champion, that case isn’t as clear minimize. Each Rakhmonov and Brady have a reliable case to problem the winner of Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena. Why not make them combat?
Sean Brady vs. Kamaru Usman: One final check
If the UFC brass is adamant on providing Shavkat Rakhmonov his title shot that was promised for UFC 310, Sean Brady will search for different choices. Kamaru Usman is the large identify.
Usman is the previous champion and has solely misplaced to Leon Edwards within the UFC at welterweight. Ranked three earlier than this week’s replace, Kamaru Usman can be probably handed by the more-active Sean Brady. If the UFC makes good on the promise to Rakhmonov and Usman is able to get again to motion, Sean Brady can be a perfect return opponent. For Brady, it’s a fantastic alternative over one other, and higher regarded, champion.
Up and comer vs. up and comer
Once more, the UFC will make good on the UFC 310 promise to Shavkat Rakhmonov right here. One other fantastically logical choice for Sean Brady is none apart from Joaquin Buckley. Buckley is coming off of his schalacking of Colby Covington in December of 2024. He’s 6-0 at welterweight. He’s ranked sixth.
If Sean Brady needs to remain busy within the interim, Joaquin Buckley is a greater than deserving matchup. Explosive with honest counter wrestling, Buckley is seeming an increasing number of like the whole bundle. It’s as much as Brady to take the combat.
