Sean Brady ‘can’t bet against’ 170-pound champ Belal Muhammad

Sean Brady received’t doubt UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad forward of his first title protection.

Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) takes on Jack Della Maddalena (17-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) Could 10 within the UFC 315 (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) important occasion from Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Brady (17-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) suffered his lone-career loss to Muhammad by TKO at UFC 280, and admits the champion has continued to silence doubters throughout his 11-fight unbeaten streak.

“Jack can knock out anyone,” Brady stated on “The Ariel Helwani Present.” “Clearly, that’s been proven. He’s a really onerous puncher. However man – you may’t guess in opposition to Belal. He’s gone on the market and proved that he can beat anyone on the planet and he has.

“So you need to admire that, and you need to respect that. And yeah, I’m going to favor him, particularly for those who go have a look at how the Jack struggle was going with Gilbert (Burns) till that final minute. So I believe Belal has a very good likelihood for certain.”

Brady’s subsequent struggle comes in opposition to Leon Edwards (22-4 MMA, 14-3 UFC), who Muhammad dethroned to turn out to be champion at UFC 304. Brady meets Edwards March 18 within the UFC Struggle Evening 255 headliner at The O2 in London.

Edwards pointed to the middle-of-the-night timing of his struggle in opposition to Muhammad as a consider his efficiency, however Brady says their struggle would have possible performed out the identical means regardless.

“I believe it could go that very same means,” Brady stated. “When you return and have a look at Leon’s – even from his early fights, he’s an excellent kickboxer, an excellent striker, however he has been identified to get taken down and form of getting held down early on in his profession by Claudio Silva. When him and Vicente Luque fought, Vicente had some success within the first spherical.

“He’s a striker. He has excellent takedown protection, however for those who get him down, you get him flat, he has a tough time getting again up. Even his third struggle with Kamaru (Usman) was very, very shut. So, for those who go watch that struggle then you definitely watch Belal, the writing was on the wall, however Belal actually pounded it in there of like a very good sport plan.”