{"id":308934,"date":"2025-11-26T01:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T01:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/308934\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T01:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T01:56:10","slug":"sean-brady-eyes-lightweight-move-after-ufc-322-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/308934\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Brady Eyes Lightweight Move After UFC 322 Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Sean Brady may be gearing up for some major career changes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Earlier this month, the No. 7-ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight suffered a devastating stoppage loss to surging contender Michael Morales at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-322-jack-della-vs-islam-makhachev-start-time-full-results-espn-mma\/401359\/ufc-322-results-highlights-della-maddalena-vs-makhachev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 322<\/a> inside Madison Square Garden in New York City (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-322-jack-della-vs-islam-makhachev-start-time-full-results-espn-mma\/403047\/watch-ufc-322-video-highlights-results-espn-ppv-new-york-morales-knockout-brady\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watch highlights<\/a>). The defeat effectively knocked Brady out of the immediate title conversation \u2014 and raised some questions about where he goes from here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">One of the biggest talking points from fight week was the massive size disparity between the two Welterweights. Even at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-weigh-in-video\/402608\/live-ufc-322-ceremonial-weigh-ins-video-stream-official-fighter-staredowns-islam-vs-jack-della-new-york-espn-ppv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 322 ceremonial weigh-ins<\/a>, the difference was glaring, and on fight night it looked as if they were competing in different weight classes altogether.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">During the latest episode of Brady\u2019s weekly podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jYdonqmR7Lw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The BradyBagz Show<\/a>, his co-hosts asked whether the issue was Brady being too small or Morales being too big. Brady responded with a revelation: a move to Lightweight is at least on the table.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m too small \u2014 I\u2019ve done testing at the UFC P.I., and I\u2019m at the max muscle mass at 170,\u201d Brady said. \u201cBut yeah, I\u2019m a smaller 170. If you look at everyone in the top of the division, they\u2019re all over six feet. It\u2019s something I might visit at some point, maybe try to get down to 155. It would be very, very hard. It\u2019s not a skill thing or a strength thing \u2014 it\u2019s a dimensions thing. Morales is just a freak. I heard they weighed him in the back at 210 pounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If someone looks at Brady \u2026 how in the world is he going to make Lightweight? The man is a tank at 170.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As for the fight itself, Brady isn\u2019t devastated. He knew the risk of taking on the undefeated Morales and understands the reality of the sport: \u201cSometimes you\u2019re the hammer, and sometimes you\u2019re the nail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Still, he\u2019s frustrated that he didn\u2019t get to showcase anything he worked on during camp \u2014 especially his elite-level grappling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cHe wasn\u2019t overly fast, I just got caught,\u201d Brady said. \u201cWhat bothers me is I didn\u2019t get to show everything from camp. I should have shot right away. It sucks, but it also makes me excited to get back in there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Brady is already eyeing his next target: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2022\/10\/22\/23417202\/watch-ufc-280-full-fight-video-highlights-results-espn-ppv-abu-dhabi-muhammad-knockout-brady\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a rematch with former foe<\/a> Belal Muhammad, the only other man to hand him a loss inside the Octagon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sean Brady may be gearing up for some major career changes. Earlier this month, the No. 7-ranked Ultimate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,162126,40762,785,139415,85,162125,1396,6656,14855],"class_list":{"0":"post-308934","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-jack-della-vs-islam-start-time","12":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","13":"tag-mma","14":"tag-preview-and-live-results","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-ufc-322-fight-card","17":"tag-ufc-news","18":"tag-ufc-results","19":"tag-videos"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}