UFC 304 takes place on Saturday night, and MMA News is here to bring you the final faceoffs from the ceremonial weigh-ins! The upcoming pay-per-view event at Manchester’s Co-op Live arena provides a chance for UFC Welterweight Champion Leon Edwards to further enhance his legacy on mixed martial arts’ biggest stage. After recording a successful defenses […]
After recording a successful defenses at the expense of Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington in 2023, “Rocky” will look to settle unfinished business with Belal Muhammad after their 2021 UFC Fight Night headliner ended in a no contest.
Title stakes also come in the co-main event, which will see Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall back in action. He defends the strap he captured with a brutal knockout of Sergei Pavlovich last November in a rematch against Curtis Blaydes.
Elsewhere on the UFC 304 card, Paddy Pimblett gets his first shot at the lightweight rankings opposite King Green, flyweight standouts Muhammad Mokaev and Manel Kape attempt to stake their claim for a shot at Alexandre Pantoja’s gold, and Arnold Allen plans to get back on track in the featherweight division at the expense of Giga Chikadze.
Ahead of the event, 27 out of the 28 fighters successfully made weight, with Jake Hadley’s one-pound miss of the bantamweight limit marking the sole indiscretion on the scale.
Nevertheless, every fight has remained intact, and all that remains on Friday is for the athletes to face off one final time at the UFC 304 ceremonial weigh-ins!
Check out a live stream via the official UFC YouTube channel below, commencing at 2 PM ET.
UFC 304 headliner Leon Edwards got his title reign underway with a successful defense on home soil in March 2023. Edwards is set to main event this weekend’s pay-per-view event at the Co-op Live arena in Manchester, England, where he’ll put the UFC’s 170-pound championship on the line against Belal Muhammad. Saturday’s contest marks Edwards’ […]
Saturday’s contest marks Edwards’ second time competing in the United Kingdom since capturing the divisional crown in 2022. After unseating Kamaru Usman with a last-gasp head kick in Salt Lake City — leveling their score at one win apiece — the pair ran it back in England’s capital.
Headlining UFC 286 in London, “Rocky” and “The Nigerian Nightmare” completed their trilogy fight, going the full five-round distance inside The O2. It was ultimately Edwards who had his hand raised on the scorecards, completing his second straight win over the welterweight legend in the process.
Ahead of Saturday’s event, the promotion has released the full Edwards vs. Usman fight from UFC 286 on its official YouTube channel.
After a successful stop-off to comfortably beat Colby Covington in Las Vegas last December, Edwards will be targeting an even more definitive result on home turf this weekend.
He’s vowed to violently stall the championship ambitions of Muhammad in Manchester and move closer to Georges St-Pierre’s title defense record.
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Tom Aspinall Finally Admits That Strange Pre-Fight Preparations Was A Joke
The Brit told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour that he was following the methods of classic bare knuckle boxers by shadow boxing around haybales and dipping his hands in petrol each night.
Some instantly called it out that Aspinall was in fact trying to trick Helwani but after he didn’t crack a smile at any point, others thought the champion might be telling the truth.
A video posted on fight week shows one half of this weekend’s co-main event calling Helwani in the middle of the night to provide evidence of his preparations.
After leading him on for a bit longer, Aspinall confessed that it was all a joke and that he’s having to tell the truth after people thought he was being serious about it.
Aljamain Sterling Pulls Off A Clutch Win In Karate Combat Grappling Debut
Former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling made his Karate Combat debut on July 25, where he got his hand raised in the final seconds of the contest.
Competing in the Pit Submission Series, he secured the win over Jay Jay Wilson at Karate Combat 48 in Nashville.
The contest was nearly about to end in a points draw but with the clock ticking down to the final seconds, Sterling was able to pass guard and take his opponent’s back to score the winning point in the dying moments.
With a fight like this, it will come down to which man is able to implement their approach the best and with that in mind, Holloway is backing the champ to retain in Manchester.
He broke down the card during a recent YouTube video where “Blessed” spoke extremely high of Edwards’s ability to read and control a fight.
“Belal is a tactician. he’s a gameplanner. He does not stray away from his gameplan,” Holloway said. “But so does Leon, bro. Leon is a tactician. He’s a gameplanner. He sticks to his gameplan no matter what. … A lot of people were counting Leon out (ahead of the Covington fight) like he was gonna get grappled.
“Leon is one of the very few IQs in this game that I respect, man,” Holloway continued. “His fight IQ is super high, super smart. It’s just hard to go against the champ here, bro. I think Belal puts on a fight. Early in the fight, I think it’s a tough fight. But then when we get to the third and then the championship rounds, I think Leon is gonna take over.”
UFC 304 takes place tomorrow night, and MMA News is here to bring you the official weigh-in results! For the first time in almost a decade, the Octagon is in the English city of Manchester, marking the promotion’s first visit to a UK destination other than London since the COVID-19 outbreak. And the mixed martial […]
And the mixed martial arts leader has brought a lineup worthy of the occasion with it across the pond, with two title fights and a host of major undercard bouts set to go down.
Elsewhere on the card, Liverpool native Paddy Pimblett gets his first crack at the rankings opposite King Green, Arnold Allen looks to snap his losing skid at the expense of Giga Chikadze, and top flyweights Muhammad Mokaev and Manel Kape settle their bad blood in a potential title eliminator at 125 pounds.
UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 Weigh-In Results
UFC 304 takes place Saturday, July 27, at the Co-op Live arena in Manchester, England. The main card begins at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT, with the preliminary card starting at 6 PM ET/3 PM PT.
See above for a live stream of the UFC 304 Weigh-In Show, and check out the full results below!
Main Card:
Welterweight Championship Main Event: Leon Edwards (170lbs) vs. Belal Muhammad
Interim Heavyweight Championship Co-Main Event: Tom Aspinall vs. Curtis Blaydes
Lightweight: King Green vs. Paddy Pimblett
Middleweight: Christian Leroy Duncan vs. Gregory Rodrigues
Featherweight: Arnold Allen vs. Giga Chikadze
Preliminary Card:
Featherweight: Nathaniel Wood vs. Daniel Pineda
Women’s Strawweight: Molly McCann vs. Bruna Brasil
Bantamweight: Caolán Loughran vs. Jake Hadley
Light Heavyweight: Modestas Bukauskas vs. Marcin Prachnio
Early Preliminary Card:
Welterweight: Oban Elliott vs. Preston Parsons
Flyweight: Muhammad Mokaev vs. Manel Kape
Welterweight: Sam Patterson vs. Kiefer Crosbie
Heavyweight: Mick Parkin vs. ?ukasz Brzeski
Women’s Strawweight: Shauna Bannon vs. Alice Ardelean
Belal Muhammad has made his feelings more than clear for the city of Manchester ahead of his title fight…
Belal Muhammad has made his feelings more than clear for the city of Manchester ahead of his title fight return at UFC 304 this weekend – claiming he is less than a fan of the ‘Rainy City’.
Muhammad, the current number two ranked welterweight challenger, returns this weekend at UFC 304 – taking on soon-to-be two-time opponent, Leon Edwards, in a bid to become the welterweight crown.
First matching with the Birmingham native back in 2020, Muhammad took on Edwards the UFC Apex facility, the two fought to an eventual second round official ‘No Contest’ – with the latter landing a slew of inadvertent eye pokes, leaving Muhammad unable to continue.
Since then, Muhammad has taken home notable wins over the trio of former title challengers, Stephen Thompson, Demian Maia, Gilbert Burns, as well as Vicente Luque, and landed an impressive knockout victory against Sean Brady.
Belal Muhammad vetos his support for Manchester
Appearing on stage during yesterday’s pre-fight press conference in Manchester, Muhamamd was met with a chorus of boos and jeers each time he approached his microphone – and despite initially praising the city earlier this month, has done a complete one-eighty on that stance.
“Ok I don’t like Manchester anymore,” Belal Muhammad posted on his official X account.
Furthermore, at yesterday’s pre-fight press conference at the Co-Op Live Arena – Muhammad managed to get one over on Edwards – mocking the British fighter’s infamous ‘headshot, dead’ taunt during their staredown, before remaining still after the champion lunged at him – in an unsuccessful bid to psych him out.
After being corralled by UFC officials and security personnel, Muhammad began verbally fighting back-and-forth with members of Edwards’ entourage, with CEO, Dana White actually trying to play peacemaker between the duo.
Who do you think wins at UFC 304: Leon Edwards or Belal Muhammad?
Belal Muhammad has made his feelings more than clear for the city of Manchester ahead of his title fight…
Belal Muhammad has made his feelings more than clear for the city of Manchester ahead of his title fight return at UFC 304 this weekend – claiming he is less than a fan of the ‘Rainy City’.
Muhammad, the current number two ranked welterweight challenger, returns this weekend at UFC 304 – taking on soon-to-be two-time opponent, Leon Edwards, in a bid to become the welterweight crown.
First matching with the Birmingham native back in 2020, Muhammad took on Edwards the UFC Apex facility, the two fought to an eventual second round official ‘No Contest’ – with the latter landing a slew of inadvertent eye pokes, leaving Muhammad unable to continue.
Since then, Muhammad has taken home notable wins over the trio of former title challengers, Stephen Thompson, Demian Maia, Gilbert Burns, as well as Vicente Luque, and landed an impressive knockout victory against Sean Brady.
Belal Muhammad vetos his support for Manchester
Appearing on stage during yesterday’s pre-fight press conference in Manchester, Muhamamd was met with a chorus of boos and jeers each time he approached his microphone – and despite initially praising the city earlier this month, has done a complete one-eighty on that stance.
“Ok I don’t like Manchester anymore,” Belal Muhammad posted on his official X account.
Furthermore, at yesterday’s pre-fight press conference at the Co-Op Live Arena – Muhammad managed to get one over on Edwards – mocking the British fighter’s infamous ‘headshot, dead’ taunt during their staredown, before remaining still after the champion lunged at him – in an unsuccessful bid to psych him out.
After being corralled by UFC officials and security personnel, Muhammad began verbally fighting back-and-forth with members of Edwards’ entourage, with CEO, Dana White actually trying to play peacemaker between the duo.
Who do you think wins at UFC 304: Leon Edwards or Belal Muhammad?
Belal Muhammad has made his feelings more than clear for the city of Manchester ahead of his title fight…
