Two titles on weight at UFC 304 in Manchester, one fighter misses

UFC 304: Edwards vs Muhammad 2 Morning Weigh-In Show

UFC 304: Edwards vs Muhammad 2 takes place at Co-op Live in Manchester, England on Saturday, July 27. Following the final pre-fight press conference, a day before the fight show the athletes step on the scales to make it official for their respective MMA bouts.

In the main event, Jamaica-born England’s welterweight champion Leon Edwards (22-3, 1 NC) defends his title against old rival Belal Muhammad (23-3, 1 NC) of Chicago. To be eligible for the belt, the fighters must make the required 170 lbs championship limit.

Both fighters successfully made weight. Champion Leon Edwards weighed-in at 170 lbs. Challenger Belal Muhammad showed 169 lbs.

In the co-main event, England’s interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall (14-3) defends his strap in a rematch against Curtis Blaydes (18-4, 1 NC) of Naperville, IL. The championship limit is 265 lbs.

The fighters also successfully weighed-in. Tom Aspinall came in at 251 lbs. Curtis Blaydes was 256 lbs.

Jake Hadley missed the non-championship bantamweight limit by 1 lbs, showing 137 lbs. He forfeits 20 percent of his purse and his fight against Caolan Loughran, who made it official at 136 lbs, proceeds at catchweight.

Get UFC 304: Edwards vs Muhammad 2 full fight card and weights below.

UFC 304 fight card

Main card

  • Leon Edwards (170) vs. Belal Muhammad (169) – Edwards’ UFC welterweight title
  • Tom Aspinall (251) vs. Curtis Blaydes (256) – Aspinall’s interim UFC heavyweight title
  • Bobby Green (154.5) vs. Paddy Pimblett (156)
  • Christian Leroy Duncan (185) vs. Gregory Rodrigues (185)
  • Arnold Allen (145) vs. Giga Chikadze (146)

Preliminary card

  • Nathaniel Wood (145) vs. Daniel Pineda (146)
  • Molly McCann (116) vs. Bruna Brasil (116)
  • Jake Hadley (137)* vs. Caolan Loughran (136)
  • Modestas Bukauskas (204) vs. Marcin Prachnio (205)

Early prelims

  • Oban Elliott (170) vs. Preston Parsons (169)
  • Muhammad Mokaev (126) vs. Manel Kape (125.5)
  • Sam Patterson (170) vs. Kiefer Crosbie (171)
  • Mick Parkin (264) vs. Lukasz Brzeski (235)
  • Shauna Bannon (115) vs. Alice Ardelean (116)

*Hadley missed weight.

Parviz Iskenderov
Parviz Iskenderov is a former Muay Thai fighter, sports manager and editor at FIGHTMAG.

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