Sean
Brady believes Din Thomas
could’ve handled his retirement from cornering better.
Thomas announced his retirement from cornering live on air after
his fighter Gillian
Robertson made a failed
Ultimate Fighting Championship strawweight title bid against
Mackenzie
Dern at UFC
330. The former fighter faced severe backlash for stealing the
moment right after his fighter lost the biggest fight of her life
and subsequently issued an apology to Robertson.
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While Brady doesn’t approve of Thomas’ public comments about
Robertson, he’s still open to having the UFC analyst in his
corner.
Sean Brady discusses Din Thomas after Gillian Robertson’s UFC
330 title loss
On the “Deep Waters” podcast, Thomas hinted that he will be in
Brady’s (19-2) corner in his upcoming clash against Gabriel
Bonfim (20-1) on Nov. 7 at Meta Apex in Las Vegas. However, Brady didn’t confirm if Thomas will be in his corner on
Nov. 7. While he didn’t like Thomas announcing his retirement after
Robertson’s loss, he also believes the backlash his coach faced
wasn’t justified.
Brady says that he would be glad to have Thomas in his corner for
his upcoming fight. However, he is not dependent on the former
fighter and has a full team behind him.
“The thing with Din is, I do not agree with what Din said and how
he said it,” Brady told Ariel Helwani. “Perhaps that shouldn’t have
been said. I feel like Din regrets what he said and how he said it.
I feel like that is definitely something I would want said to me in
private… I don’t think it was fair for everyone to stack on him
because of one thing he said. I love Din. Din has flown up to
Philly multiple times and never asked me for anything. He’s done a
lot of good things for me and my team. I don’t know if he’s gonna
be in my corner. We’re still gonna be working together… If he
wants to be in my corner, I will gladly have him. He’s more like a
tactical corner; he’s not my head corner, but I love Din. He plays
an important role. It will be a loss if he decides not to corner
me, but if he decides not to, I completely understand.”
Sean Brady
addresses whether Din Thomas
will corner him in his next fight:“The thing with Din is, I do not agree with what Din said and how
he said it… I feel like that is definitely something I would want
said to me in private.I love Din. Din has flown up to Philly… pic.twitter.com/wl03IhEuvE
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani)
August 26, 2026