Sean Brady | Journey To London

The welterweight title picture is no stranger to fighters taking the long road to title contention. In fact, one could argue embracing the slow grind defines the divison, which its last three champions - Kamaru Usman, Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad - embodied. Philadelphia’s Sean Brady, who made his UFC debut in October 2019, doesn’t seem to have the same kind of path ahead of him, but the trek through the weight class hasn’t been a fast track, either, as he approaches a main event opportunity against Leon Edwards in London on March 22.

Brady first arrived to the Octagon with a shiny 10-0 record and a marauding penchant for dominating opponents. He opened his UFC account with five wins (two…