UFC 304 will take place in Manchester tonight as British champions Leon Edwards It is Tom Aspinall Defend your titles in intriguing rematches.
In the main event, welterweight king Edwards defends his belt against Belal Muhammad, three years after fighting the Palestinian-American in a No Contest. On their first date, Edwards accidentally poked him in the eye, causing the fight to be stopped.
Edwards – born in Jamaica and representing Birmingham – regained his momentum and won the 170-pound title with a Kamaru Usman’s stunning knockout in 2021, before retaining the gold against Usman and Colby Covington last year. The 32-year-old player is undefeated in 13 fights in nine years.
In tonight’s co-main event, Aspinall puts the interim heavyweight title on the line against Curtis Blaydes two years later suffering a knee injury against the American – just 15 seconds into the confrontation In London. Aspinall, 31, from Wigan, has been perfect in the UFC and won the interim belt with a knockout of Sergei Pavlovich in November.
Normally, an interim champion would challenge the regular title holder next, but Jon Jones is injured and the UFC refuses to take away his belt – instead insisting that “Bones” will defend his title against Stipe Miocic next, as was planned. last year.
Elsewhere at UFC 304, Paddy PimblettMolly McCann, Muhammad Mokaev and Arnold Allen are among the many British names in action. Follow UFC 304 live updates and results below.
UFC 304 LIVE
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UFC returns to the UK for a pay-per-view event at Manchester’s new Co-op Live arena
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Main fight: British Leon Edwards defends the welterweight title against Belal Muhammad
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The fight is a rematch of the 2021 fight, which ended as a No Contest after a poke from Edwards
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Co-main event: Wigan’s Tom Aspinall defends interim heavyweight title against Curtis Blaydes
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This fight is also a rematch; in 2022, Aspinall suffered a knee injury just 15 seconds into the first clash
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Elsewhere, Liverpudlian stars Paddy ‘The Baddy’ Pimblett and Molly McCann are in action
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Arnold Allen and Muhammad Mokaev are among the other British fighters competing
