UFC 304 card: Leon Edwards and Tom Aspinall defend titles on a night full of fights

Tom Aspinall It is Leon Edwards will star UFC 304 this weekend, with the promotion returning to the UK and setting up camp at Manchester’s new Co-op Live arena.

In the main event, Edwards puts the welterweight title on the line against Belal Muhammad, three years after the pair fought in a No Contest. In his first fight, Edwards accidentally poked him in the eye multiple timesand he and Muhammad hope for a cleaner fight this time.

The co-main event is also a rematch, as Aspinall defends his interim heavyweight title against Curtis Blaydes two years later suffering a knee injury just 15 seconds into the fight.

Defending the interim belt is an unusual circumstance in the UFC, but regular heavyweight champion Jon Jones is injured and awaiting a planned fight with Stipe Miocic – and the UFC has refused to take the gold away from Jones.

Elsewhere on the card, the divisive Liverpudlian Paddy Pimblett faces an intriguing test against Bobby King Green. Here’s everything you need to know.

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When is UFC 304?

UFC 304 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 27th at the Co-op Live arena in Manchester, United Kingdom.

The first preliminaries are due to begin at 11:15pm BST (3:15pm PT / 5:15pm CT / 6:15pm ET), with the regular preliminaries following at 1am BST on Sunday (5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET on Saturday). The main card is then set to begin at 3am BST on Sunday (7pm PT / 9pm CT / 10pm ET on Saturday).

How can I watch UFC 304?

The card will be broadcast live on TNT Sports in the UK, with the broadcaster’s app and website also broadcasting the fights. Discovery+ will also broadcast the action in the UK. In the US, ESPN+ will broadcast the event live on pay-per-view, as will UFC Fight Pass.

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Chances

Eduardo – 4/9; Muhammad – 7/4

Aspinall – 2/7; Blaydes – 13/5

Green – 5/6; Pimblett – 11/10

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Complete card (subject to change)

Main card

Leon Edwards (C) x Belal Muhammad 2 (welterweight title)

Tom Aspinall (C) vs Curtis Blaydes 2 (interim heavyweight title)

Bobby King Green x Paddy Pimblett (Lightweight)

Muhammad Mokaev x Manel Kape (flyweight)

Arnold Allen x Giga Chikadze (featherweight)

Preliminary

Nathaniel Wood x Daniel Pineda (featherweight)

Molly McCann x Bruna Brasil (women’s strawweight)

Caolan Loughran x Jake Hadley (bantamweight)

Mick Parkin x Lukasz Brzeski (heavyweight)

Initial preliminaries

Oban Elliott v Preston Parsons (welterweight)

Christian Leroy Duncan x Gregory Rodrigues (middleweight)

Sam Patterson vs. Kiefer Crosbie (welterweight)

Shauna Bannon x Alice Ardelean (women’s bantamweight)

Modestas Bukauskas x Marcin Prachnio (light heavyweight)