UFC 304: Edwards vs Muhammad 2
UFC 304 PPV is set to take place on July 27, 2024, at Co-op Live in Manchester, UK. The event will see a rematch between Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad for the UFC Welterweight Championship.
The event will start at 6 PM ET with an early prelims card. The prelims card will start at 8 PM ET and the main card will start at 10 PM ET. The main card will be available via ESPN+ PPV in the United States, Main Event PPV in Australia, and TNT Sports in the UK.
FIGHT CARD
EARLY PRELIMS
#Fight 1: Modestas Bukauskas vs Marcin Prachnio
Result: TBA
Division/title: Light Heavyweight
Referee: TBA
Judges:
#Fight 2: Shauna Bannon vs Alice Ardelean
Result: TBA
Division/title: Women’s Bantamweight
Referee: TBA
Judges:
#Fight 3: Sam Patterson vs Kiefer Crosbie
Result: TBA
Division/title: Welterweight
Referee: TBA
Judges:
#Fight 4: Christian Leroy Duncan vs Gregory Rodrigues
Result: TBA
Division/title: Middleweight
Referee: TBA
Judges:
#Fight 5: Oban Elliott vs Preston Parsons
Result: TBA
Division/title: Welterweight
Referee: TBA
Judges:
PRELIMS
#Fight 6: Mick Parkin vs Lukasz Brzeski
Result: TBA
Division/title: Heavyweight
Referee: TBA
Judges:
#Fight 7: Caolan Loughran vs Jake Hadley
Result: TBA
Division/title: 137 lbs Catchweight Bout
Referee: TBA
Judges:
#Fight 8: Molly McCann vs Bruna Brasil
Result: TBA
Division/title: Women’s Strawweight
Referee: TBA
Judges:
#Fight 9: Nathaniel Wood vs Daniel Pineda
Result: TBA
Division/title: Featherweight
Referee: TBA
Judges:
Main Card
#Fight 10: Arnold Allen vs Giga Chikadze
Result: TBA
Division/title: Featherweight
Referee: TBA
Judges:
#Fight 11: Muhammad Mokaev vs Manel Kape
Result: TBA
Division/title: Flyweight
Referee: TBA
Judges:
#Fight 12: Bobby Green vs Paddy Pimblett
Result: TBA
Division/title: Lightweight
Referee: TBA
Judges:
#Fight 13: Co-Main Event: Tom Aspinall vs Curtis Blaydes
Result: TBA
Division/title: Heavyweight Championship
Referee: TBA
Judges:
#Fight 14: Main Event: Leon Edwards vs Belal Muhammad
Result: TBA
Division/title: Welterweight Championship
Referee: TBA
Judges:
CANCELED BOUT
- Caolan Loughran vs Ramon Tavares (Tavares pulled out due to injury)
- Shauna Bannon vs Ravena Oliveira (Oliveira pulled out due to unknown reason)
- Christian Leroy Duncan vs Robert Bryczek (Bryczek pulled out due to unknown reason)
NOTES
UFC officially announced on April 24, 2024, that it would return to Manchester, UK, for the UFC 304 PPV event. This would be UFC’s fifth event in Manchester and the first one since UFC 204 PPV in 2013.
On May 16, UFC President Dana White announced the complete main card for the event including the main event rematch between UFC Welterweight Champion Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad. Edwards and Muhammad earlier clashed in the main event of a Fight Night event in March 2021 which ended in a no-contest due to accidental eye poke to Muhammad.
The co-main event bout for the interim UFC Heavyweight Championship is also a rematch between Tom Aspinall and Curtis Blaydes. The duo first clashed in the headliner of UFC London Fight Night in July 2022 where Aspinall suffered a knee injury and the bout was stopped after 15 seconds in the first round.
The event has a start time of 6 PM ET, which is odd as it is 10 PM Local time. The main card would start at 10 PM ET which is 2 AM in local time. UFC Welterweight Champion Leon Edwards revealed that the event was earlier supposed to take place in Utah and UFC had booked the timing. When the event was changed to Manchester, UK, the promotion could not change the timing.
Caolan Loughran and Jake Hadley were booked in a bantamweight bout. However, Hadley missed the weight by 1 lb and the bout had to be turned into a 137 lbs catchweight bout.
Debut: Alice Ardelean
