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: Shauna Bannon vs Alice Ardelean
Result: Shauna Bannon won via split decision(30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
Division/title: Women’s Bantamweight
Referee: Mike Beltran
Judges: –
#Fight 2: Mick Parkin vs Lukasz Brzeski
Result: Mick Parkin won via KO(punches) at 3:23 in round 1
Division/title: Heavyweight
Referee: Marc Goddard
Judges:
#Fight 3: Sam Patterson vs Kiefer Crosbie
Result: Sam Patterson won via submission at 2:50 in round 1
Division/title: Welterweight
Referee: Lukasz Bosacki
Judges:
#Fight 4: Muhammad Mokaev vs Manel Kape
Result: Muhammad Mokaev won via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Division/title: Flyweight
Referee: Mike Beltran
Judges:
#Fight 5: Oban Elliott vs Preston Parsons
Result: Oban Elliott won via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Division/title: Welterweight
Referee: Dan Movahedi
Judges:
PRELIMS
#Fight 6: Modestas Bukauskas vs Marcin Prachnio
Result: Modestas Bukauskas won via submission at 3:12 of Round 3
Division/title: Light Heavyweight
Referee: Marc Goddard
Judges:
#Fight 7: Caolan Loughran vs Jake Hadley
Result: Jake Hadley won via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Division/title: 137 lbs Catchweight Bout
Referee: Lukasz Bosacki
Judges:
#Fight 8: Molly McCann vs Bruna Brasil
Result: Bruna Brasil won via unanimous decision (27-30, 27-30, 28-29)
Division/title: Women’s Strawweight
Referee: Dan Movahedi
Judges:
#Fight 9: Nathaniel Wood vs Daniel Pineda
Result: Nathaniel Wood won via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27,29-28)
Division/title: Featherweight
Referee: Mike Beltran
Judges:
Main Card
#Fight 10: Arnold Allen vs Giga Chikadze
Result: Arnold Allen won via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Division/title: Featherweight
Referee: Marc Goddard
Judges:
#Fight 11: Christian Leroy Duncan vs Gregory Rodrigues
Result: Gregory Rodrigues won via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Division/title: Middleweight
Referee: Dan Movahedi
Judges:
#Fight 12: Bobby Green vs Paddy Pimblett
Result: Paddy Pimblett won via submission at 3:22 of round 1
Division/title: Lightweight
Referee: Lukasz Bosacki
Judges:
#Fight 13: Co-Main Event: Tom Aspinall vs Curtis Blaydes
Result: Tom Aspinall won via KO at 1:00 of Round 1
Division/title: Heavyweight Championship
Referee: Marc Goddard
Judges:
#Fight 14: Main Event: Leon Edwards vs Belal Muhammad
Result: Belal Muhammad won via unanimous decision(48-47, 48-47, 49-46)
Division/title: Welterweight Championship
Referee: Mike Beltran
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