'Rocky' will come back to the Octagon while he seems to bounce back from a tough night in the office.
After producing one of the largest winning stripes in the UFC history, Leon Edwards suffered his first loss since 2015 on UFC 304 in July.
The Welterweight champion was dethroned in Manchester by Belal Muhammad, who has has to defend the title since his dominant victory.
The Comeback battle of Edwards was locked up for March, where he would handle the O2 Arena in London against the #4-ranged Jack della Maddalena.
The matchup was certainly enthusiastic about fans for March 22, but there have now been some major changes at 170 pounds that were recently announced.
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Dana White announces Leon Edwards vs Sean Brady as the new main event for London
Via an Instagram Live, Dana White announced that the new headliner for the return of the UFC to London will be Leon Edwards against Sean Brady.
Jack della Maddalena was taken out of the fight because the UFC Belal Muhammad wanted to book in a title defense for the main event of UFC 315 in May.
With top candidate Shavkat Rakhmonov unable to fight in Canada on 10 May because of an injury, Della Maddalena will take his place while he wants to expand his perfect 7-0 run in the UFC.
In the meantime, Edwards will be confronted with the #5-ranged Brady who was the other name presented as a potential opponent for the former champion before the 'JDM' fight was booked.
After the first loss of his career at Muhammad in 2022, Brady was reflected back with successive victories over Kelvin Gastelum and Gilbert Burns.
White also officially announced the most important and CO-Main event for UFC 315 together with a stacked UFC 314 card with people such as Alexander Volkanovski vs Diego Lopes for the vacant featherweight title after Ilia has left Topuria de Riem.
🚨 Dana White goes live on Instagram and talk about – UFC 314 | UFC 315 – Leon Edwards vs Sean Brady – Alex Volkanovski vs Diego Lopez – Michael Chandler vs Paddy Pimblettand more! #Ufc | #Mma pic.twitter.com/dlqhaw5ws9
– Bonifaz Network (@Bonifazmma) 20 February 2025
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Sean Brady brings a completely different style to the table for Leon Edwards
A big reason that Vecht fans were so excited to see that Leon Edwards vs Jack della Maddalena was the striking skills of both men.
They are two of the best in the division while the fight remains, but now 'Rocky' will have to prepare for a completely different fight in just over a month.
Although Brady is not slow on the feet, his wrestling is his best skills, which means that Edwards will probably fully reconsider the last few weeks of his training camp.
It is a huge fight for both men with Brady who have the chance to win the biggest victory of his career at a former champion, while Edwards can show that he is still at the top of the division by becoming just the second man That the 32-year-old reports old competition.
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