UFC 304 in Manchester: betting tips and predictions for Edwards vs Muhammad and Aspinall vs Blaydes

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Where to watch UFC 304

Live on TNT Sports 1, from 11pm Saturday. 

UFC 304 main-event start times

The main-event card will begin at approximately 3am Sunday

Best bets for UFC 304

Leon Edwards to win & over 3.5 rounds
2pts Evs bet365

Tom Aspinall to win by KO, TKO, DQ in round one
1pt 17-10 bet365

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UFC 304 predictions

Leon Edwards can record a third successful welterweight title defence in the early hours of Sunday when he faces a rematch with Belal Muhammad in the main event at UFC 304 in Manchester.

The 32-year-old is on a 13-fight undefeated run, winning the title from then pound-for-pound king Kamaru Usman with a sublime headkick knockout in 2022.

The pair's first fight in 2021 ended in a no contest following an eye poke by Edwards in the second round. 

Wrestler Muhammad is on a ten-fight unbeaten run, with recent wins over Gilbert Burns and Sean Brady.

Edwards’ strong takedown defence will be key to his chances and he is a supremely talented kickboxer and master of distance control.

This one could go long as both fighters have gone the distance in just under three quarters of their combined 35 UFC fights. 

The co-main event sees Tom Aspinall put his interim title on the line in a rematch against Curtis Blaydes.

Their first fight ended in just 15 seconds after Aspinall suffered a knee injury.

The 31-year-old boasts five first-round finishes from his seven UFC wins, including when he secured the interim title against feared Russian Sergei Pavlovich last November.

There aren't many heavyweights who possess the movement or power of Aspinall and he is fancied to add another knockout in this contest.

UFC 304 full card

Main card
Leon Edwards vs Belal Muhammad
Tom Aspinall vs Curtis Blaydes
King Green vs Paddy Pimblett
Christopher Leroy Duncan vs Gregory Rodrigues
Arnold Allen vs Giga Chikadze

Prelims
Nathaniel Wood vs Daniel Pineda
Molly McCann vs Bruna Brasil
Jake Hadley vs Caolan Loughran
Modestas Bukauskas vs Marcin Prachnio

Early prelims
Oban Elliott vs Preston Parsons
Muhammad Mokaev vs Manel Kape
Sam Patterson vs Kiefer Crosbie
Mick Parkin vs Lukasz Brzeski
Shauna Bannon vs Alice Ardelean

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