England’s champions are rolling in to Manchester as scheduled.
Titleholders Leon Edwards and Tom Aspinall had been each on weight for his or her championship defenses at Friday’s official weigh-ins for UFC 304, with Edwards weighing in at 170 kilos for his third welterweight title protection in opposition to rival Belal Muhammad (169), and Aspinall tipping the scales at 251 kilos for his interim heavyweight title protection in opposition to Curtis Blaydes (256).
Watch highlights of the morning weigh-ins above.
Each headlining bouts are rematches of anticlimactic fights. Edwards’ first struggle with Muhammad resulted in a no-contest on account of Muhammad being unable to proceed after receiving an eye fixed poke within the second spherical, whereas Aspinall’s first struggle with Blaydes resulted in simply 15 seconds when Aspinall suffered a knee damage.
With everybody’s weight on level, the stage is about for the fighters to settle the rating as soon as and for all.
Of the 28 fighters competing Saturday at Co-op Dwell, all however one efficiently made weight. The lone miss was bantamweight Jake Hadley, who steps in on lower than two weeks’ discover for Ramon Taveras to struggle Caolan Loughran. Hadley, who usually competes within the flyweight division, weighed in at 137 kilos, one pound over the restrict for a non-title bantamweight bout.
Officers introduced that Hadley vs. Loughran will proceed as a catchweight, with Hadley forfeiting 20 % of his purse as penalty.
See official UFC 304 weigh-in outcomes beneath.
Major Card (ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET)
Leon Edwards (170) vs. Belal Muhammad (169)
Tom Aspinall (251) vs. Curtis Blaydes (256)
Paddy Pimblett (156) vs. King Inexperienced (154.5)
Christian Leroy Duncan (185) vs. Gregory Rodrigues (185)
Arnold Allen (145) vs. Giga Chikadze (146)
Preliminary Card (ESPN2, ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET)
Nathaniel Wooden (145) vs. Daniel Pineda (146)
Molly McCann (116) vs. Bruna Brasil (116)
Caolan Loughran (136) vs. Jake Hadley (137)*
Modestas Bukauskas (204) vs. Marcin Prachnio (205)
Early Preliminary Card (ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET)
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)
*missed weight. Hadley’s bout with Caolan Loughran proceeds as a catchweight with Hadley forfeiting 20 % of his purse as penalty
