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UFC welterweight Sean Brady takes issue with Stephen Thompson declining to fight him.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old was last seen defeating<\/a> Michael Chiesa in November 2021. Following the biggest win of his career, Brady called out many names. However, he quickly zeroed in on former title challenger, ‘Wonderboy’.<\/p>\n

Despite the Philadelphia-native clamoring for the matchup, it never came to fruition. The reason is that Thompson turned the fight down. At this point in his career, the 39-year-old has made it clear he wants fun fights with strikers, not grapplers.<\/p>\n

That sort of attitude doesn’t sit well with Sean Brady. On The MMA Hour<\/em>, the undefeated welterweight took aim at Stephen Thompson. While he doesn’t mind that he declined the fight, he believes ‘Wonderboy’ shouldn’t be in the rankings.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, the welterweight finally found a taker. Brady is now set to face Belal Muhammad<\/a> at UFC 280 later this year.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was trying to fight Wonderboy. And I wasn\u2019t trying to fight Wonderboy because it\u2019s a good stylistic matchup for me. I actually wanted to fight the next guy ahead of me,\u201d Brady said. \u201cAnd back to these f*ckin\u2019 internet guys, \u2018Oh, you just want to fight the guy who\u2019s 39 years old, blah, blah, blah.\u2019 If you can\u2019t get taken down and get back up, then that\u2019s a problem. Go do something else.\u201d (h\/t MMANews<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I love Wonderboy. But I\u2019m just saying\u2026 and if you want to do like the Nate and the Nick Diaz fights and all that shit, that\u2019s fine, but don\u2019t be in the rankings,\u201d Brady asserted. \u201cThe point of being in the rankings is to work your way up, and become a champion, or challenge for a belt. And that\u2019s what I\u2019m trying to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you think about Sean Brady’s comments? Sound off in the comment section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UFC welterweight Sean Brady takes issue with Stephen Thompson declining to fight him. The 29-year-old was last seen defeating Michael Chiesa in November 2021. Following the biggest win of his career, Brady called out many names. However, he quickly zeroed in on former title challenger, ‘Wonderboy’. 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