"Somebody at the UFC reached out to me a couple of hours before the fight and just made sure I was fine. 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. 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."
"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."
Sean Brady faced Joaquin Buckley in a welterweight bout at UFC 328 in Newark, New Jersey. Brady opened as a -250 favorite, but hours before the fight the odds shifted sharply, with Brady closing as a +220 underdog and Buckley moving to a -180 favorite. Fans suspected foul play, but Brady said the UFC contacted him a couple of hours before the fight to confirm he was healthy. Brady stated his wife already knew about the situation and did not tell him to help him stay focused. He said he did not look at the odds and believed unusual betting volume for Buckley likely caused the movement. Brady then dominated Buckley on the ground for three rounds and won by unanimous decision.
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