UFC 304 appears to be complete after 14 fight announcements.
MMA’s premier promotion will return to Manchester for the first time in eight years with a mammoth pay-per-view event at the Co-op Live Arena on July 27.
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Welterweight champion Leon Edwards will headline the show in a rematch with Belal Muhammad, who was unable to continue after being inadvertently poked in the eye during their first fight in March 2021.
There’ll be another rematch in the co-main event. Tom Aspinall will defend his interim heavyweight title against the last man to beat him, Curtis Blaydes.
In July 2022, Aspinall suffered a sickening knee injury just 15 seconds into their UFC London main event, but he’s since bounced back with two big knockout wins.
Now, he’ll get the chance to avenge his loss to Blaydes and potentially set up a heavyweight unification fight with the winner of Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic, which will take place later this year.
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Paddy Pimblettwill face his toughest opponent to date at UFC 304.
‘The Baddy’ could earn himself a top 15 lightweight ranking if he gets by Bobby Green, who is a knockout artist looking to disprove Pimblett’s ‘Scousers don’t get knocked out’ theory.
Molly McCann, Muhammad Mokaev and Arnold Allen also feature at the stacked event, which was made whole with the addition of two more fights on Friday.
It was confirmed that light heavyweight fighter Modestas Bukaskaus will take on Marcin Prachnio and Sam Petterson will face off against Conor McGregor’s teammate, Kiefer Crosbie.
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Since then, fans have been sharing their UFC 304 opinions on social media.
One person tweeted: “Pretty decent card.”
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Another said: “Solid card for UK fighters.”
A third person fumed: “No MVP (Michael ‘Venom’ Page ) is crazy.”
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Someone else suggested: “Change the time and it’s one of the best events of the year."
UFC 304 was supposed to take place in America before being switched to the UK.
As a result, the event will kick off at 11pm and go on through the night until about 6am as the UFC bosses were unable to change the scheduled pay-per-view slot.
Some people are worried about how the strange start time will impact the fighters and fans, but Aspinall is confident the arena will be rocking when he makes his way to the Octagon.
“People don’t need to be drinking to be passionate,” he told talkSPORT’s MMA YouTube channel.
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"Whether they are drinking or not it’s going to be a wild atmosphere.
“It’s going to be a good time. It’s going to be crazy.”
UFC 304 Fight Card
Leon Edwards vs Belal Muhammad 2
Tom Aspinall vs Curtis Blaydes 2
Paddy Pimblett vs Bobby Green
Muhammad Mokaev vs Manel Kape
Arnold Allen vs Giga Chikadze
Molly McCann vs Bruna Brasil
Nathaniel Wood vs Daniel Pineda
Shauna Bannon vs Ravena Oliveira
Mick Parkin vs Lukasz Brzeski
Preston Parson vs Oban Elliott
Caolan Loughran vs Ramon Tavares
Christian Leroy Duncan vs. Robert Bryczek
Sam Petterson vs Kiefer Crosbie
Modestas Bukauskas vs Marcin Prachnio