UFC 304 LIVE: Tom Aspinall and Leon Edwards fight updates and results tonight

 UFC304 will occur in Manchester this evening, as English heroes Leon Edwards and Tom Aspinall protect their titles in captivating rematches.

In the headliner, welterweight ruler Edwards safeguards his belt against Belal Muhammad, three years in the wake of battling the Palestinian-American to a No Challenge. In their most memorable gathering, Edwards unintentionally handled an eye jab, driving the session to be stopped.

Edwards - Jamaican-conceived and addressing Birmingham - recaptured energy and came out on top for the 170lb championship with a shocking knockout of Kamaru Usman in 2022, preceding holding the gold against Usman and Colby Covington last year. The 32-year-old is unbeaten in 13 battles across nine years.

In this evening's co-headliner, Aspinall risks the break heavyweight title against Curtis Blaydes, two years subsequent to experiencing a knee injury against the American - only 15 seconds into that conflict in London. Wigan's Aspinall, 31, has in any case been wonderful in the UFC and guaranteed the break lash with a knockout of Sergei Pavlovich in November.

Ordinarily an in-between time champion would challenge the customary champion straightaway, however Jon Jones is harmed and the UFC is declining to strip him of his belt - rather demanding that "Bones" will safeguard his title against Stipe Miocic next, as was arranged a year ago.

Somewhere else at UFC 304, Paddy Pimblett, Molly McCann, Muhammad Mokaev and Arnold Allen are among the numerous English names in a