Sean Brady UFC Injury Update: "I'm Crushed .... I Sacrificed Going on a Honeymoon With My Wife"

Sean Brady gives fans an update on his UFC 290 withdrawal, and expresses his displeasure with Jack Della Maddalena's reaction.

Sean Brady is out of his UFC 290 scheduled bout against Jack Della Maddalena. The news frustrated many excited fight fans, but Brady has released an injury statement describing the nature of his withdrawal.

READ: Jack Della Maddalena to Face Late-Notice Undefeated Viral Prospect at UFC 290

Brady released the statement on his Instagram page on July 2:

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"Hey guys, as most of you know, I recently had to withdraw from my fight next weekend. I noticed a small blister on my left elbow after training on Monday night and woke up with pretty bad swelling and pain.

"As most of you know, I had a pretty serious staph infection in 2021 which resulted in surgery and 4 weeks of IV antibiotics through a [PICC] line."

Brady pulled out of a fight with Kevin Lee in August 2021 with a foot infection.

"My wife, being a nurse, took a look at my arm on Tuesday morning and told me it would be the best idea to go to the hospital (for what we thought would be 1 dose of iv antibiotics) and get discharged and go about the rest of my camp and head to Vegas.

"Unfortunately that wasn’t the case. My arm continued to swell and wasn’t taking well to the antibiotics. Swelling and pain got worse, the orthopedic surgeon had to drain my elbow twice and send cultures to determine the correct antibiotic course.

"Thankfully by Thursday they were able to pinpoint that strep pyogenes group a was growing in my left elbow which quickly spread to my bursa causing a septic bursitis."

Bursitis is the inflammation of the fluid-filled sacs (bursa) that cushion your joints. The most common causes of Bursitis are injury or overuse, so it's common in a martial arts environment.

"I was able to get discharged but still having some swelling and the doctor said there’s no way I’m able to fight and I need to let this heal. I’m crushed because I put my heart and soul into this sport and this camp, I sacrificed going on a honeymoon with my wife, spent money I’ll never get back. But things happen man and I’ll be back stronger than ever.

"To Jack, I’m sorry we won’t be able to get to share the cage together, I know you worked just as hard as me but as for saying “Brady shit the bed” I expect that from an internet troll, but not a fellow fighter himself, so shame on you and I hope you/none of your teammates have to go through this in the future. We’ll see each other someday soon. To my fans, thank you for the continued support. This is just a bump in the road for Team Brady and we’ll be back doing what we do when I’m healed up. Love you guys"

In his final paragraph, Brady addresses an Instagram post made by Maddalena, where the Aussie fighter remarks, "Brady has shit the bed. Open challenge to anyone in the promotion. 170-185 international fight week."

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Fans can hope to see Brady return in the coming months. For now, the welterweight division moves on, and Maddalena faces a short notice replacement opponent for UFC 290.

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