LONDON – Sean Brady is confident he will pose a different type of threat to Leon Edwards at UFC Fight Night 255.
Brady (17-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) takes on former UFC welterweight champion Edwards (22-4 MMA, 14-3 UFC) in Saturday’s main event at The O2 (ESPN+). After facing Kamaru Usman twice, Colby Covington and Belal Muhammad in his past four fights, Edwards will draw another grappler in Brady. But the Philadelphia native says he’s not the same stylistic matchup.
“A lot of those guys are strictly wrestlers,” Brady told reporters, including MMA Junkie, at UFC Fight Night 255 media day. “Like Colby’s a wrestler, Kamaru’s a wrestler. If you look at their records, none of them really have submissions.