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UFC 304 card: Tom Aspinall and Leon Edwards defend their titles in night of fights

UFC 304 card: Tom Aspinall and Leon Edwards defend their titles in night of fights

Tom Aspinall and Leon Edwards will be featured at UFC 304 this weekend. The event is returning to the UK and is setting up camp at the new Co-op Live arena in Manchester.

In the main event, Edwards puts his cruiserweight title on the line against Belal Muhammad, three years after the two met at No Contest. In their first fight, Edwards landed multiple inadvertent eye shots and he and Muhammad are hoping for a cleaner fight this time around.

The co-main event will also be a rematch, with Aspinall defending his interim heavyweight title against Curtis Blaydes after suffering a knee injury just 15 seconds into their fight two years ago.

Defending an interim belt is unusual in the UFC, but regular heavyweight champion Jon Jones is injured and awaiting his scheduled bout with Stipe Miocic — and the UFC has refused to strip Jones of his gold.

Elsewhere on the card, 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 27 at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, England.

The early prelims are expected to begin at 11:15 PM BST (3:15 PM PT / 5:15 PM CT / 6:15 PM ET), while the regular prelims will begin at 1 AM BST on Sunday (5 PM PT / 7 PM CT / 8 PM ET on Saturday). The main card will then begin at 3 AM BST on Sunday (7 PM PT / 9 PM CT / 10 PM 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 streaming the fights. Discovery+ will also air the action in the UK. In the US, ESPN+ will live stream the event on pay-per-view, much like UFC’s Fight Pass.

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The rates

Tom Aspinall (right) knocked out Sergei Pavlovich to win the interim heavyweight title
Tom Aspinall (right) knocked out Sergei Pavlovich to win the interim heavyweight title (Getty Images)

Edwards – 4/9; Muhammad – 7/4

Aspinall – 2/7; Blaydes – 13/5

Green – 5/6; Pimblett – 10/11

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Full card (subject to change)

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

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

Bobby King Green vs Paddy Pimblett (lightweight)

Muhammad Mokaev vs Manel Kape (flyweight)

Arnold Allen vs Giga Chikadze (featherweight)

Liverpool's Paddy Pimblett (right) struck a divisive pose among UFC fans
Liverpool’s Paddy Pimblett (right) struck a divisive pose among UFC fans (Getty Images)

Preliminaries

Nathaniel Wood and Daniel Pineda (featherweight)

Molly McCann vs Bruna Brasil (women’s strawweight)

Caolan Loughran vs Ramon Taveras (bantamweight)

Mick Parkin vs Lukasz Brzeski (heavyweight)

Early pre-qualifiers

Oban Elliott and Preston Parsons (Welterweight)

Christian Leroy Duncan and Gregory Rodrigues (middleweight)

Sam Patterson vs Kiefer Crosbie (cruiserweight)

Shauna Bannon and Alice Ardelean (women’s bantamweight)

Modestas Bukauskas vs Marcin Prachnio (light-heavyweight)