UFC 304

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UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2
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Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateJuly 27, 2024 (2024-07-27)
Venue Co-op Live
City Manchester, England
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night 244 UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov

UFC 304: Edwards vs Muhammad 2 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on July 27, 2024, at the Co-op Live in Manchester, England. [1]

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This will be the first sporting event to take place at the Co-op Live arena, which opened in April 2024. New 'Co-op Live' Arena (geograph 7561675).jpg
This will be the first sporting event to take place at the Co-op Live arena, which opened in April 2024.

The event will mark the promotion's fifth visit to Manchester and first since UFC 204 in October 2016. [1]

A UFC Welterweight Championship bout between current champion Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad is expected to headline the event. [3] The pair previously fought at UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad in March 2021, where the fight was declared a no contest following an accidental eye poke which left Muhammad unable to continue. [4]

An interim UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between the title holder Tom Aspinall and Curtis Blaydes is set to co-headline the event. [5] They previously met at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall in July 2022 in which Blaydes won after Aspinall injured his knee fifteen seconds into the bout keeping him out of competition for a year. [6]

Fight card

Fight card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Welterweight Leon Edwards (c)vs. Belal Muhammad [lower-alpha 1]
Heavyweight Tom Aspinall (ic)vs. Curtis Blaydes [lower-alpha 2]
Lightweight Bobby Green vs. Paddy Pimblett
Featherweight Arnold Allen vs. Giga Chikadze
Featherweight Nathaniel Wood vs. Daniel Pineda
WelterweightOban Elliottvs.Preston Parsons
Flyweight Muhammad Mokaev vs. Manel Kape
MiddleweightChristian Leroy Duncanvs.Robert Bryczek
Women's Strawweight Molly McCann vs.Bruna Brasil
HeavyweightMick Parkinvs.Łukasz Brzeski
BantamweightCaolán Loughranvs.Ramon Taveras
Women's BantamweightShauna Bannonvs.Ravena Oliveira
  1. ↑ For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
  2. ↑ For the interim UFC Heavyweight Championship.

[7]

Announced bouts

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Guillherme Cruz (2024-04-24). "UFC 304 announced for Manchester this summer". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  2. ↑ Staff (2024-04-24). "UFC 304 confirmed for Manchester in July". bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  3. ↑ Mike Bohn (2024-05-16). "UFC 304 official with Leon Edwards vs. Belal Muhammad headliner and more in Manchester". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  4. ↑ Nolan King (2021-03-14). "UFC Fight Night 187 results: Leon Edwards vs. Belal Muhammad ends in nasty accidental eye poke". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  5. ↑ Staff (2024-05-16). "Interim heavyweight champ Tom Aspinall vs. Curtis Blaydes set for UFC 304 co-main event". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  6. ↑ Eddie Law (2022-07-23). "UFC London: Aspinall suffers knee injury 15 seconds in, Blaydes takes TKO decision". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  7. ↑ "UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
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