Dana White makes HUGE UFC 304 告示s, with Leon Edwards headlining against Belal Muhammad, Tom Aspinall in the co-main event and 米，稲 Pimblett's biggest 実験（する） to date on Manchester card

  • UFC will return to Manchester in July for a 抱擁する PPV event at Co-Op Live 円形競技場
  • The organisation has not 調書をとる／予約するd an event in the north of England since 2016?
  • However, UK fans will still have to を取り引きする a 残虐な 3am start for the main card

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Leon Edwards' fight against Belal Muhammad will co-headline UFC?304, 始める，決める to take place at the Co-Op Live 円形競技場 in Manchester on July 27.?

Edwards, who is 捜し出すing to defend to his welterweight 肩書を与える for a second time, will put his belt on the line against the 闘士，戦闘機 who has not tasted 敗北・負かす in his last 10 一区切り／（ボクシングなどの）試合s.?

暫定的な heavyweight 支持する／優勝者?Tom Aspinall?will be taking on Curtis Blaydes in the co-main event. The 衝突／不一致 will be a rematch from two years ago when the British 闘士，戦闘機 支えるd a 膝 傷害.


Fight fans across the country were sent into frenzy after the UFC 確認するd last month that they will make their 高度に-心配するd return to Manchester.

The organisation 明らかにする／漏らすd that they've 調書をとる／予約するd their first 支払う／賃金-per-見解（をとる） event in the north of England since 2016.

UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards will seek to defend his crown against Belal Muhammad

UFC welterweight 支持する／優勝者 Leon Edwards will 捜し出す to defend his 栄冠を与える against Belal Muhammad

Interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall (pictured) will be taking on Curtis Blaydes in the co-main event

暫定的な heavyweight 支持する／優勝者 Tom Aspinall (pictured) will be taking on Curtis Blaydes in the co-main event

UFC boss Dana White finally revealed the slate of fighters set to compete at the event in July

UFC boss Dana White finally 明らかにする／漏らすd the 予定する of 闘士，戦闘機s 始める，決める to compete at the event in July

The 抱擁する card will be the first 冒険的な event to be held at the £365million Co-op Live 円形競技場 - the largest indoor entertainment 発生地 in the UK.

However, にもかかわらず the excitement of a return to England for the UFC, fans will have to を取り引きする a late night - with the main card 始める，決める to begin at 3am BST.

This will give American fans the 適切な時期 to also catch the numbered event in Manchester, with the pre-lim fights 始める，決める to start at 11pm BST.

In another 注目する，もくろむ-catching 二重の, American?Bobby Green has been 確認するd as the next 対抗者 for 米，稲 Pimblett, in what will be the Liverpool native's toughest 実験（する）.?

Green called out the 29-year-old?after （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Jim Miller at UFC 300 in Las Vegas last month.?

'米，稲, how dare you, you slimy, sugary little snake, how dare you say my 指名する?' He said. 'I'm coming after you. July, I'm coming to your backyard, with your people, to kick your a**.'

どこかよそで,?Muhammad Mokaev against Manel Kape 約束s to be a grudge match, while?Ipswich-born Arnold Allen takes on?Giga Chikadze.?

UFC have only held two numbered events in the 部隊d Kingdom, with their last 遠出 - UFC 286 - coming in March 2023.

Paddy Pimblett (right) has also been announced on the card, with him set to take on Bobby Green

米，稲 Pimblett (権利) has also been 発表するd on the card, with him 始める，決める to take on Bobby Green

The Co-op Live arena will host it's first live sport event when the UFC comes to visit in summer

The Co-op Live 円形競技場 will host it's first live sport event when the UFC comes to visit in summer

The last time the UFC visited Manchester was for UFC 204 支援する in 2016, where Michael Bisping defended his middleweight 肩書を与える against Dan Henderson.

類似して to the 近づいている event, the main card on the night got 進行中で at 3am. にもかかわらず this, the event still sold out within minutes.

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