Watch Leon Edwards makes weight for crunch UFC London fight with Sean Brady as title shot hangs in balance
03/21/2025 05:44 AM
LEON EDWARDS and Sean Brady's welterweight showdown is official.
The former 170lbs champ will bid to get back to winning ways against the American on a stacked UFC Fight Night 255 card at The O2 Arena on Saturday night.
The fight will be Edwards' first since his reign as welterweight king came to an end against Belal Muhammad last July.
And 'Rocky' had no problem making the non-title fight limit for tomorrow's slugfest.
The 33-year-old was the first to the scales and came in at 171lbs.
The weight cut will have been significantly easier for Edwards given the extra one-pound allowance for non-title fights.
Muscle-bound submission specialist Brady, meanwhile, took to the scales seconds after his opponent and came in at 170lbs on the nose.
Edwards became the UK's second UFC titleholder in August 2022 with a spectacular last-gasp KO of former pound-for-pound king Kamaru Usman.
He'd defend his belt against The Nigerian Nightmare in a trilogy fight six months later before closing out 2023 with a resounding with over Colby Covington.
A rematch with Muhammad was the Brummie's assignment for his third title fight at UFC 304 last July.
But his reign as king of the welterweights came to a gruelling end as the Palestinian-American out grappled him in the early hours of the morning.
Edwards insists the late start time played a massive role in his dethroning.
He said: "That 4am/5am walkout was madness. I tried my best to get into it, but I just couldn't.
"I just feel like my reactions were slow. I could think in my head what I wanted to do and what I trained to do.
"But for some reason, my body and mind just weren't in sync as it normally is in fights.
"I walked out at like 5am. It felt like that would warm me up and let me know: 'You've to fight now!'
“Even though he got the win, it was still a close fight on my worst day.
“He won three rounds, I ran two rounds…Even on my worst day it was still close."
