I figured out an answer:
With other browsers, when you click on a torrent, it automatically goes to SAVE it, and when you click on the saved file, Utorrent starts.
With BRAVE (which is by far my favorite browser - and I have tried every one there is) instead of automatically SAVING the torrent file, it
gives you a CHOICE to either:
START or SAVE.
If you click on START, then the torrent winds up being sucked into BRAVE's own primitive torrent client which sucks.
If you click on SAVE, the torrent is processed like it is with other browsers - and in my case gets loaded into Utorrent.
So, the answer is.. the BRAVE browser gives you the option to START a torrent with it's built in torrent client or SAVE and use your 3rd party torrent client. CLICK ON SAVE