'How good is Belal?': Fighters react to Sean Brady's finish of Leon Edwards at UFC Fight Night 255
Sean Brady entered the next tier of the welterweight title conversation Saturday when he beat former champ Leon Edwards in the UFC Fight Night 255 main event.
Brady (18-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC), who has only lost to current champ Belal Muhammad in his career, went to hostile territory at The O2 in London and handed Edwards (21-5 MMA, 13-4 UFC) a fourth-round submission defeat to propel himself toward the top of the weight class.
Check below for the top X (formerly Twitter) reactions to Brady beating Edwards at UFC Fight Night 255.
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Nothin' left to do 👀#UFCLondon | @Leon_EdwardsMMA | Sean Brady pic.twitter.com/rujkUxiH1u
— UFC (@ufc) March 22, 2025
MAIN EVENT TIME 🤩 #UFCLondonpic.twitter.com/N7U9Hc9nwz
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) March 22, 2025
Let’s see which Leon shows up!
— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) March 22, 2025
Brady 10-9 in the first. Landed some good strikes #UFCLondon
— Kevin Iole (@KevinI) March 22, 2025
Don’t let him bully you son
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) March 22, 2025
Dominant stuff from Brady in R2. Not wasting these positions at all with all these strikes
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) March 22, 2025
Brady does a really strong job of keeping you on your back in any possible scramble. 2-0 Brady. #UFCLondon
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) March 22, 2025
Thought they were going home early when Brady grabbed that Kimura!! #UFCLondon
— Corey 'Overtime' Anderson (@CoreyA_MMA) March 22, 2025
Leon’s still on 5 am time zone
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) March 22, 2025
Did Brady just punch the arm Edwards was using to base off? That's class. Don't think I've seen that before. #UFCLondon
— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) March 22, 2025
Just how good is Belal Muhammad
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) March 22, 2025
UNBELIEVABLE PERFORMANCE. by Sean Brady. Leon taps and Brady proves himself a LEGITIMATE welterweight title contender! WOWOW #UFCLondon
— Kevin Iole (@KevinI) March 22, 2025
That was IMPRESSIVE! #UFCLondon
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) March 22, 2025
Damn title shoot next let’s go Brady 😤😤🔥
— Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155) March 22, 2025
A NEW TITLE CONTENDER IS HERE 🚨
Sean Brady just submitted Leon Edwards at #UFCLondon! pic.twitter.com/6hkMYhyiWY
— UFC (@ufc) March 22, 2025
#UFCLondon results: Sean Brady def. Leon Edwards via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 4, 1:39
Full coverage: https://t.co/ltGWv0hYC7pic.twitter.com/hPP6pGTuIz
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) March 22, 2025
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