Nothing appeared to be amiss with Sean Brady at UFC 328. |
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The betting odds shifted drastically just hours before Sean Brady’s
UFC
328 clash against Joaquin
Buckley.
Brady (19-2) took on Buckley (21-8) in a welterweight tilt at UFC
328 on Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Brady had opened as a -250 favorite on the sportsbooks against
Buckley, a +210 underdog. However, the odds started shifting
bizarrely just hours before the fight, with Brady closing as a +220
underdog and Buckley a -180 favorite. Fans and pundits immediately
started suspecting foul play due to the shifting odds. However,
Brady allayed all fears by dominating Buckley on the ground for
three rounds to earn a unanimous decision win.
Unless a fighter knowingly takes a dive, odds usually shift
drastically if news leaks from camp about an injury. Brady revealed
that the
UFC contacted him hours before the fight to ask about his
health. While Brady’s wife knew about the shifting odds even before
that, she didn’t inform him, as she didn’t want him to lose focus.
Brady assured fans that there was nothing sketchy behind the scenes
and that the odds likely shifted due to unusual money pouring in
for Buckley.
Nothing Unusual to Report
“Somebody at the UFC reached out to me a couple of hours before the
fight and just made sure I was fine,” Brady said at the post-fight press conference . “I was like, ‘I’m
completely fine, there’s nothing wrong with me.’ My wife was
upstairs; they already all knew about it, they weren’t telling me
because they didn’t want anything to get into my head. But as soon
as they called, I told them I’m good, it went one ear out of the
other. I could have been a -10000 favorite or a +10000 [underdog],
I wouldn’t know cause I didn’t look. I’m completely fine and
somebody just lost a bunch of money.”