Sean Brady headed to London on a mission to beat Leon Edwards after agreeing to the match on short notice.
Things between the two fighters were pretty calm until fight week came around and Brady felt disrespected by the former champ, especially on weigh-in day.
“It literally took five seconds, but when we did it, we walked up to each other — and obviously, bro, I’m not 6-foot [tall]. I’m 5-foot-9,” Brady told Areil Helwani. “I’ve never been tall. But he walked up to me and he was asking me about my height. He was being a d*** head. I was like, ‘Ah, I’m 5-foot-9. What’re you, 6-foot-2? You got those big shoes on.’ Just making a joke of it. Then we face off for legit five seconds, walked off. I don’t know if it was his manager, his brother and him — super awkward — they said some stupid-ass s*** and me and my team looked at him like, ‘Yo, you’re in London. This is your fight week. You’re b****ing about having to do some little-ass media?’”
“From that point on, I’m not touching this dude’s hand. If he tries something stupid — because I’ve seen him try stupid s*** at the weigh-ins — I’m going to f***ing give it right back to this motherf***er. And that’s why at the weigh-ins, I didn’t touch his hand. I’m respectful,” Brady continued. “[Georges St-Pierre is] my favorite fighter, always respected guys. But when you’re an a**hole like that, I can give it right back. So personally, f*** Leon. F*** him and his whole team. That’s how I feel about the whole situation.”
“That made it even worse,” he said of Edwards’ behavior after the fight. “I’m like, ‘Yo man, you’re a great champion.’ He just kind of like brushed me off. Obviously he’s upset, but even his whole team, they were corny as s*** too, so it was just whack. My coaches, my team didn’t even go over there. Like, ‘F*** that. We’re not saying s*** to these dudes.’ Even before they raised my hand, I tried to touch him behind [referee] Jason Herzog, and he’s just salty. Then, seeing all this s*** he was saying about me throughout the week, I wish I was even f***ing meaner to this dude. That’s why I posted the s*** about the ‘headshot, dead’ and them not having guns in London, because now I’m going to make fun of you, and I’m going to poke at you because you’re a f***ing a**hole. Maybe Belal [Muhammad] was right about him. He’s all butt hurt about all kinds of s***.”
“I’ve seen him put the gun [gesture] to people’s heads at weigh-ins. If he puts that stupid-ass water pistol to my head at weigh-ins, I’m going to slap the f***ing s*** out of his hand. I was ready for all of it,” Brady added.
“That’s why when we did the faceoff, I walked right up and my nose was like on his lip,” Brady added. “Then he wasn’t looking at me. I’m like, ‘You’re not looking at me. You’re going to be looking at me tomorrow.’ So, hey, he’s somewhere crying in London right now, and I’m back, a happy man in Philly.”
