‘Trying to kill him’ – Leon Edwards issued chilling UFC London message by Sean Brady ahead of crunch comeback bout
LEON EDWARDS has received a chilling warning from Sean Brady ahead of their London showdown.
The Brummie will bid to get back in the welterweight title mix against the surging prospect on Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night 255 in London.
Edwards’s reign as the UK’s second UFC titleholder came to a gruelling end at the hands of Belal Muhammad last July.
‘Rocky’ plans to fire himself to a rematch with the champion with a statement-making win at The O2.
But Philadelphia puncher Brady insists the 33-year-old is counting his chickens before they’ve already hatched.
He told SunSport at the UFC London media day: “I think that’s a bad look on Leon to be thinking about other people when all I’m thinking about is fighting him.
“He’s thinking about number one contenders and getting back to Belal and talking s**t about Belal.
“But he’s got someone who’s trying to kill him Saturday night in front of him.
“And he has more things to be concerned about than being a number one contender in the division.”
Brady – who accepted the biggest fight of his career on just four weeks’ notice – will be in for an icy reception when he makes his walk to the cage.
But the 32-year-old insists he’s more than ready for the dogs‘ abuse the pro-Edwards crowd will give him.
He said: ” Listen, I’m from Philly, I’ve seen other teams come in and get booed and all that stuff.
“And then you get in there and it doesn’t matter. It’s just me and Leon in there.
“None of the fans in the UK can get in there and fight for him.
“Once you get in there you don’t hear any of that noise.
“I think it’s just going to make me fight even better.”