UFC 304

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UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2
A poster or logo for UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2.
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date July 27, 2024 (2024-07-27)
Venue Co-op Live
City Manchester, England
Attendance 17,907[1]
Total gate $6,720,000[1]
Event chronology
UFC on ESPN: Lemos vs. Jandiroba UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov

UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 27, 2024, at the Co-op Live in Manchester, England.[2]

Background

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This was the first sporting event to take place at the Co-op Live arena, which opened in April 2024.[3]

The event marked the promotion's fifth visit to Manchester and first since UFC 204 in October 2016.[2] Despite the event taking place in Manchester, the event was held based on Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC-7) (Las Vegas) time with preliminary fights starting at 23.00 British Summer Time (15.00 PDT), and the main card starting 03.00 BST, which is the standard start time for UFC pay-per-view events of 19.00 PDT, which drew massive criticism from fans and fighters. Fans believed the matches should have started earlier (19.00 BST, or 11.00 PDT) for the UK audience.[4]

A UFC Welterweight Championship bout between current champion Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad headlined the event.[5] The pair previously fought at UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad in March 2021, where the fight was declared a no contest following an accidental eye poke which left Muhammad unable to continue.[6]

An interim UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between the title holder Tom Aspinall and Curtis Blaydes co-headlined the event.[7] They previously met at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall in July 2022 in which Blaydes won after Aspinall injured his knee fifteen seconds into the bout keeping him out of competition for a year.[8]

A middleweight bout between Christian Leroy Duncan and Robert Bryczek was scheduled for this event.[9] However, Bryczek withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by former LFA Middleweight Champion Gregory Rodrigues.[10]

A women's strawweight bout between Ravena Oliveira and Shauna Bannon was scheduled for this event.[11] However, Oliveira withdrew from the bout due to an injury and was replaced with promotional newcomer Alice Ardelean.[12]

A bantamweight bout between Ramon Taveras and Caolán Loughran was scheduled for this event.[13] However, Taveras had to withdraw from the bout due to an injury and was reportedly relaced by Hecher Sosa.[14][15] It was later reported that Sosa would not be competing at the event as Loughran would face Jake Hadley instead.[16][17] At the weigh-ins, Hadley weighed in at 137 pounds, half a pound over the bantamweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight and Hadley was fined 20 percent of his purse which went to Loughran.[18]

The event originally featured $50,000 fight night bonuses, which were raised to $100,000 before the event.[19]

Results

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Welterweight Belal Muhammad def. Leon Edwards (c) Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46) 5 5:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Heavyweight Tom Aspinall (ic) def. Curtis Blaydes KO (punches) 1 1:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Lightweight Paddy Pimblett def. King Green Technical Submission (triangle choke) 1 3:22
Middleweight Gregory Rodrigues def. Christian Leroy Duncan Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Featherweight Arnold Allen def. Giga Chikadze Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Preliminary card (ESPN 2 / ESPN+)
Featherweight Nathaniel Wood def. Daniel Pineda Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Women's Strawweight Bruna Brasil def. Molly McCann Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Catchweight (137 lb) Jake Hadley def. Caolán Loughran Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Flyweight Muhammad Mokaev def. Manel Kape Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) 3 5:00
Early preliminary card (ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Welterweight Oban Elliott def. Preston Parsons Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Light Heavyweight Modestas Bukauskas def. Marcin Prachnio Submission (arm-triangle choke) 3 3:12
Welterweight Sam Patterson def. Kiefer Crosbie Submission (arm-triangle choke) 1 2:50
Heavyweight Mick Parkin def. Łukasz Brzeski KO (punches) 1 3:23
Women's Strawweight Shauna Bannon def. Alice Ardelean Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 30–27) 3 5:00

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Bonus awards

The following fighters received bonuses.[21]

  • Fight of the Night: No bonus awarded.
  • Performance of the Night ($200,000): Paddy Pimblett
  • Performance of the Night ($100,000): Tom Aspinall and Mick Parkin

See also

References

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