Two title fights and rematches co-headline UFC 304 at Manchester’s new Co-Op Live arena, which is the largest indoor venue of its kind in Europe.
Welterweight champion and Birmingham native Leon Edwards faces Belal Muhammad, with whom he shared a non-contest in March 2021 because of an eye gouge.
Local hero Tom Aspinall defends the interim heavyweight belt against Curtis Blaydes, having suffered a serious knee injury during the opening minute of their London bout in July 2022.
Here’s when the card starts, how to tune in and the line-up for UFC 304.
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When is UFC 304?
The action starts on Saturday, July 27 in the UK and runs until the early hours of Sunday, July 28.
What time is UFC 304?
UFC 304 is timed to best suit its US primetime audience, so the early preliminaries start at 11pm BST on Saturday, July 27.
The main preliminaries are at around 1am on Sunday, July 28, with the main card at 3am and the headliners at approximately 5.30am.
UFC 304 live stream, TV channel
In the UK, UFC 304 will be shown on TNT Sports, which offers four TV channels as well as TNT Sports Ultimate and TNT Sports Box Office HD.
Viewers can subscribe to TNT Sports through discovery+, BT, EE, Sky, and Virgin Media and stream the action through the discovery+ app.
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UFC 304 card
Americans Muhammad and Blaydes challenge the UK titlists at the top of a typically stacked card.
Numerous high-profile English MMA artists are involved, including Liverpudlian duo Paddy Pimblett and Molly McCann.
UFC 304 main card
Leon Edwards vs Belal Muhammad (welterweight)
Tom Aspinall vs Curtis Blaydes (heavyweight)
Bobby Green vs Paddy Pimblett (lightweight)
Christian Leroy Duncan vs Gregory Rodrigues (middleweight)
Arnold Allen vs Giga Chikadze (featherweight)
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UFC 304 prelims
Muhammad Mokaev vs Manel Kape (flyweight)
Nathaniel Wood vs Daniel Pineda (featherweight)
Molly McCann vs Bruna Brasil (strawweight)
Caolan Loughran vs Jake Hadley (bantamweight)
UFC 304 early Prelims
Mick Parkin vs Lukasz Brzeski (heavyweight)
Oban Elliott vs Preston Parsons (welterweight)
Sam Patterson vs Kiefer Crosbie (welterweight)
Shauna Bannonv vs Alice Ardelean (strawweight)
Modestas Bukauskas vs Marcin Prachnio (light heavyweight)
