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Brady was a highly touted, undefeated welterweight prospect with five wins in the Ultimate Fighting Championship going into his clash against Belal Muhammad at UFC 280 in 2022. Muhammad tagged Brady late in the second round and followed up with a barrage of shots, eventually forcing the referee to step in.
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Sean Brady details the emotional toll of his UFC 280 loss to Belal Muhammad
Brady recently revealed that he was mentally broken after his loss to Muhammad. He admits that his identity was built around his undefeated record, with the thought of losing never crossing his mind. Brady hired a mental health coach as he was an absolute mess. He even claims that he used to randomly start crying while driving.
“I thought I was going to retire undefeated,” Brady told Daniel Cormier. “I really truly thought I was never going to lose and then obviously, I did lose. My whole identity was wrapped up in being undefeated. When I lost to Belal, it devastated me. I thought the world was going to burn down; I thought my life was going to end when I lost that fight. I started working with a mental coach because I was f*cked up. I would be randomly driving and I would just start crying. I hate losing so much… I just hate it.”
Brady is confident he’s better than Muhammad and is keen on running it back with the former champ.
“I have nothing but respect for Belal, but I still want to fight him because I know if we fight 10 times, I’ll beat him 9/10, but he just got me that one time,” he added. “I have to compete against him again.”
Brady (19-2) rebounded from that loss with wins over Kelvin Gastelum, Gilbert Burns and Leon Edwards, before being stopped by Michael Morales last November. The Philadelphia native has since returned to the win column with a dominant decision win over Joaquin Buckley this past May. Brady is now scheduled to fight Gabriel Bonfim (20-1) in the main event of a UFC Fight Night on Nov. 7 at Meta Apex in Las Vegas.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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