Sean Brady addresses betting line movement ahead of UFC 328 fight

Nothing appeared to be amiss with Sean Brady at UFC 328. | Getty/UFC

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.”