Edwards vs Brady – Round 1
Brady comes out all guns blazing with a big combination forcing the former to conter.
Chants of ‘Rocky, Rocky, Rocky’ ring throughout the arena to spur on the Brit.
Brady isn’t at all deterred by the challenge in front of him, coming forward and looking to land heavy shots.
They briefly clinch but Brady is unable to transition to a takedown.
They clinch again and Edwards lands a good knee to the body before drilling Brady with an elbow on the break.
Edwards doing incredibly well in the clinch, landing knees at will and forcing Brady to separate.
Brady eventually gets the fight against the cage with just over a minute to go but Edwards reverses the position and pulls the fight into the open.
But Brady perfectly times a sweep off another Edwards knee to land a takedown, although he’s unable to do anything before the horn sounds.
Main event time!
Leon Edwards is about to make his crunch return to the octagon.
The former champ badly needs a win following his dethroning by Belal Muhammad last July.
But surging contender Sean Brady stands between ‘Rocky’ and a second shot at welterweight gold.
Will he be able to get back in the win column and seal a second title shot.
We’ll soon find out.
Ulberg wins!
Carlos Ulberg makes it eight wins in a row with a unanimous decision win over former champ Jan Blachowicz.