UFC 304 weigh-in results: 2 title bouts official, 1 fighter misses

England’s champions are rolling in to Manchester as scheduled.

Titleholders Leon Edwards and Tom Aspinall were both on weight for their championship defenses at Friday’s official weigh-ins for UFC 304, with Edwards weighing in at 170 pounds for his third welterweight title defense against rival Belal Muhammad (169), and Aspinall tipping the scales at 251 pounds for his interim heavyweight title defense against Curtis Blaydes (256).

Watch highlights of the morning weigh-ins above.

Both headlining bouts are rematches of anticlimactic fights. Edwards’ first fight with Muhammad ended in a no-contest due to Muhammad being unable to continue after receiving an eye poke in the second round, while Aspinall’s first fight with Blaydes ended in just 15 seconds when Aspinall suffered a knee injury.

With everyone’s weight on point, the stage is set for the fighters to settle the score once and for all.

Of the 28 fighters competing Saturday at Co-op Live, all but one successfully made weight. The lone miss was bantamweight Jake Hadley, who steps in on less than two weeks’ notice for Ramon Taveras to fight Caolan Loughran. Hadley, who normally competes in the flyweight division, weighed in at 137 pounds, one pound over the limit for a non-title bantamweight bout.

Officials announced that Hadley vs. Loughran will proceed as a catchweight, with Hadley forfeiting 20 percent of his purse as penalty.

See official UFC 304 weigh-in results below.

Main 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 Green (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 Wood (145) vs. Daniel Pineda (146)

Molly McCann (116) vs. Bruna Brasil (116)

Caolan Loughran (136) vs. Jake Hadley (137)*