UFC 304 Countdown Episode for Leon Edwards vs. Belal Muhammad 2 and Tom Aspinall vs. Curtis Blaydes 2

Fight week for the UFC 304 pay-per-view this Saturday night has kicked off with the release of the latest Countdown episode.

This edition features headliners Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad and co-main event act Tom Aspinall and Curtis Blaydes.

Saturday’s lineup concludes with a championship rematch, with welterweight champion Edwards (22-3, 1 NC) hoping to add a third successful defense to his reign, which began with a win over Kamaru Usman at UFC 278 in August 2022. He has since retained the belt by defeating Usman again and then Colby Covington in 2023.

If “Rocky” wants to continue his reign at 170 pounds, he’ll need to pick up a win over Muhammad (23-3, 1 NC) on the second attempt. The pair first clashed in a UFC Fight Night main event in 2021, which ended prematurely when accidental eye pokes left “Remember the Name” unable to continue. Since then, he’s won five straight bouts over Demian Maia, Stephen Thompson, Vicente Luque, Sean Brady and Gilbert Burns to finally earn his first shot at gold.

Before the two face off in the main event at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, another local fighter will put his title on the line in a rematch.

Two years after a devastating knee injury handed him his first UFC loss, interim heavyweight champion Aspinall (14-3) will look to right the wrongs by evening the score with Blaydes (18-4, 1 NC). Defending the belt he captured with a stunning knockout of Sergei Pavlovich last November, Aspinall will be tasked with preventing “Razor” from claiming his first title glory after his TKO of Jailton Almeida on July 27.

In preparation for those two matches across the ocean, fans can get a sneak peek in the full episode of Countdown to UFC 304 on the promotion’s YouTube channel.

UFC 304 Countdown: Full Episode