Muhammad wins UFC welterweight crown, Aspinall retains interim heavyweight crown at UFC 304

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Tom Aspinall retained the UFC interim heavyweight championship with a punishing first-round knockout of Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304 on Saturday night, setting up the English fighter for a potential colossal matchup with divis

MANCHESTER, England — Tom Aspinall retained the UFC interim heavyweight championship with a punishing first-round knockout of Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304 on Saturday night, setting up the English fighter for a potential colossal matchup with division great Jon Jones.

“Who wants to see Tom Aspinall versus Jon Jones,” Aspinall told a roaring crowd in Manchester in UFC's first trip to the city since 2016.“I just think I'm better than you,” Aspinall said. “I know I can beat you in a fight.”Belal Muhammad won the welterweight crown with a five-round unanimous decision victory against champion and Englishmen Leon Edwards. Muhammad, an American fighter out of Illinois, relished beating up Edwards in his home country.

UFC ran the first live sporting event at Co-op Live, and the UK’s only music-first arena was jammed with fight fans — wildly enthusiastic despite the early start time. In order to accommodate the traditional 10 p.m. EDT pay-per-view start for an American audience, the main card’s official start time was 3:33 a.m. in England.Edwards and Muhammad fought to a no-contest in 2021, an unsatisfying result that sparked winning streaks for both fighters.

The interim title fight was a late addition to the card after Jones tore a pectoral tendon off the bone during training only weeks ahead of the fight. He needed surgery and his heavyweight title defence against Stipe Miocic at the Garden was called off.

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