[autotag]Sean Brady[/autotag] entered the next tier of the welterweight title conversation Saturday when he beat former champ [autotag]Leon Edwards[/autotag] 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.
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Check below for the top X (formerly Twitter) reactions to Brady beating Edwards at UFC Fight Night 255.
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Reporting for duty
@Leon_EdwardsMMA and Sean Brady are ready for their main event bout!
[ #UFCLondon is LIVE NOW on @ESPNPlus! ] pic.twitter.com/M1lAIJwnms
— UFC (@ufc) March 22, 2025
Nothin’ left to do
#UFCLondon | @Leon_EdwardsMMA | Sean Brady pic.twitter.com/rujkUxiH1u
— UFC (@ufc) March 22, 2025
MAIN EVENT TIME
#UFCLondon pic.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/ltGWv0hYC7 pic.twitter.com/hPP6pGTuIz
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) March 22, 2025
Brady vs Rakhmonov. Book it! #UFCLondon
— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) March 22, 2025