Brady Submits Edwards in London
Leon Edwards returned to action at UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady in London on March 22, 2025. The former welterweight champion faced Sean Brady in the main event at The O2, where Brady submitted him with a mounted guillotine at 1:39 of the fourth round. The official UFC scorecards list the method and time.
He lost the welterweight title to Belal Muhammad by unanimous decision at UFC 304 in July 2024. The UFC’s fighter record lists the sequence of results and confirms the London fight was his first appearance after that title loss.
The London crowd gave Edwards a homecoming atmosphere, but Brady’s grappling shifted the bout after a competitive opening round. Brady used wrestling to bring the fight to the mat, advanced to mount, and attacked the neck as Edwards tried to escape. The guillotine finish was a technical submission, not a knockout, and it gave Brady the biggest victory of his career to that point.
The result altered both fighters’ immediate prospects. Brady strengthened his case for another title opportunity, while Edwards faced the challenge of rebuilding after back-to-back defeats to Muhammad and Brady. A former champion’s return is often framed as a comeback story, but the result makes clear that the London event was a difficult test rather than a triumphant return to the win column.
Edwards had built his title run around patient striking and counter attacks, including the head-kick knockout of Usman that brought him the championship in 2022. Brady presented a contrasting style, pressing into grappling exchanges and forcing Edwards to defend positional advances. The shift from striking to ground control was the decisive tactical change in the fourth round.
UFC Fight Night 255 also featured Carlos Ulberg’s unanimous-decision victory over Jan Błachowicz in the co-main event. The official event recap records both headliner results. For Edwards, the key facts are that he was returning from the Belal Muhammad title loss, fought in London, and was stopped by Brady’s fourth-round guillotine.
