Sean Brady’s London Callout Became a Submission Win
Sean Brady submitted Leon Edwards with a mounted guillotine at The O2 in London on March 22, 2025. The fourth-round finish completed a matchup Brady had publicly requested while building momentum after victories over Kelvin Gastelum and Gilbert Burns.
The request followed a successful rebuilding run
Brady defeated Gastelum by third-round kimura in December 2023, then outpointed Burns over five rounds on September 7, 2024. Those wins gave him a stronger position among the welterweight contenders.
During December, he argued for a main event against Edwards in London. Brady was willing to travel to the former champion’s home country rather than wait for a more convenient opportunity elsewhere.
Edwards entered after losing the championship
Edwards had surrendered his UFC welterweight title to Belal Muhammad by unanimous decision in July 2024. The Brady contest became his first appearance following that championship defeat.
The early stages in London included Edwards responding to Brady’s forward pressure, but the contest moved increasingly toward the American’s strengths once the grappling exchanges developed.
The fourth round supplied the finish
Brady secured the mounted guillotine at 1:39 of round four. The submission gave him a victory over a former champion and added another important result to the Gastelum and Burns wins.
The outcome also turned his earlier matchmaking request into a completed achievement. Instead of leaving the story with a proposed London appearance, Brady’s performance supplied a decisive result in the exact setting he had pursued.
Sources
- Yahoo Sports: December request for Edwards in London
- UFC: Gastelum and Burns victories
- UFC: Edwards’s championship loss and Brady result
- Reuters: early pressure and the shift toward grappling
- UFC: mounted guillotine, date and venue
