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Modestas Bukauskas went to his ground game to get back in the win column.

At UFC 304 in Manchester, England, on Saturday, Bukauskas secured a submission of Marcin Prachnio with an arm-triangle choke in the third round. The finish capped off an exciting back-and-forth battle between a pair of light heavyweights known more for their knockout power than their jiu-jitsu.

Watch Bukauskas’ submission win below.

Bukauskas was a step ahead of Prachnio for much of the fight, though the hard-hitting Polish striker had his moments. It wasn’t until Bukauskas nailed a powerful trip to take Prachnio to the mat that he fully took control of the action.

From there, Bukauskas methodically worked to improve position, until he found an opening for a modified arm-triangle choke. Bukauskas’ squeeze proved to be too much and Prachnio had no choice but to submit. The official time of the stoppage was 3:12 into Round 3.

Bukauskas (16-6) bounces back from a loss to Victor Petrino from this past November and is now 3-1 in his second stint with the UFC. On the other side, Prachnio (17-8) continued his trend .500 fighting, alternating between wins and losses in his past six fights.

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MMA Fighting has Pacquiao vs. Anpo results live for the Manny Pacquiao vs. Rukiya Anpo Super Rizin 3 fight card at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on Sunday morning.

When the Pacquiao vs. Anpo fight begins around 5 a.m. ET, check out our Pacquiao vs. Anpo live round-by-round updates for our live blog of the main event.

In the featured fight, boxing legend Manny Pacquiao squares off against kickboxing star Rukiya Anpo in a three-round exhibition. Pacquiao, who compiled a 62-8-2 record in his career, last competed against Yordenis Ugas, losing via unanimous decision on Aug. 21, 2021. There are rumors Pacquiao might make a return to pro boxing.

Mikuru Asakura and Ren Hiramoto clash in the main event in a featherweight contest.

Check out the Pacquiao vs. Anpo results below.

Main card (RIZIN at 1 a.m. ET)

Mikuru Asakura vs. Ren Hiramoto (MMA)

Hiromasa Ougikubo vs. Makoto Shinryu (MMA)

Yutaka Saito vs. Yuta Kubo (MMA)

Ryusei Ashizawa vs. Koji Tanaka (MMA)

Hiroaki Suzuki vs. Ren Sugiyama (MMA)

John Dodson vs. Takaki Soya (Bare-knuckle boxing)

Tai Emery vs. Charisa Sigala (Bare-knuckle boxing)

Hideo Tokoro vs. Hiroya Kondo (MMA)

Rena Kubota vs. Kate Oyama (MMA)

Suguru Nii vs. Kazumasa Majima (MMA)

Manny Pacquiao vs. Rukiya Anpo (Boxing)

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UFC 304 results, live streaming pay-per-view (PPV) updates for ESPN’s main card. Checkout what happens as Leon Edwards defends his Welterweight crown against Belal Muhammad and so much more.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is in Merry Old England, Manchester’s Co-Op live to be specific, with UFC 304 mixed martial arts (MMA) event TONIGHT (Sat., July 27, 2024), streamed LIVE on ESPN+ PPV. The UK fans will have plenty to root for in the main and co-main events (which might make up for the 4 a.m local start time there). They have Leon Edwards in the headliner defending his Welterweight title against Belal Muhammad (no love lost between this two, by the way). Before that, Tom Aspinall (who has been doing some unusual training for this) will defend his interim Heavyweight belt against Curtis Blaydes. These are both rematches of fights with weird endings. Hopefully there are no eye pokes or ACL injuries this night.

There are top Brits among the rest of the main card fights, too. Paddy Pimblett will be searching for the best win of his career when he faces the heavy hitting King Green (that’s Bobby Green to Pimblett). Arnold Allen and Giga Chikadze will be hoping to regain some momentum at Featherweight. And there could be a fire fight on our hands when Christian Leroy Duncan meets Gregory Rodrigues.

The “Prelims” included Nathaniel Wood vs. Daniel Pineda, Molly McCann vs. Bruna Brasil and Muhammad Mokaev vs. Manel Kape. You can check out everything that happened on UFC 304’s “Prelims” here.

UFC 304 START TIME AND DATE

MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 304 fight card below, starting with the ESPN+ early “Prelims” undercard bouts which air at 6:15 p.m. ET right here, followed by the late “Prelims” on ESPN2/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET. UFC 304’s PPV main card started at 10 p.m ET on ESPN+ PPV. You can bet on all the UFC 304 action with our friends at DraftKings Sportsbook right here.

Keep in mind that we will also be the spot for the latest news, recaps, and post-fight analysis following “Edwards vs. Belal 2.” Without further delay, see below for the updated UFC 304 results. (Note: This will go from the top down; therefore, the newest information will at the top of the stream).

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UFC 304 QUICK RESULTS

170 lbs.: Leon Edwards vs. Belal Muhammad
265 lbs.: Tom Aspinall vs. Curtis Blaydes
155 lbs.: Bobby Green vs. Paddy Pimblett
185 lbs.: Christian Leroy Duncan vs. Gregory Rodrigues
145 lbs.: Arnold Allen vs. Giga Chikadze
145 lbs.: Nathaniel Wood vs. Daniel Pineda
115 lbs.: Molly McCann vs. Bruna Brasil
135 lbs.: Caolan Loughran vs. Jake Hadley
205 lbs.: Modestas Bukauskas vs. Marcin Prachnio
170 lbs.: Oban Elliott vs. Preston Parsons
125 lbs.: Muhammad Mokaev vs. Manel Kape
170 lbs.: Sam Patterson vs. Kiefer Crosbie
265 lbs.: Mick Parkin vs. Lukasz Brzeski
115 lbs.: Shauna Bannon vs. Alice Ardelean

UFC 304 PPV MAIN CARD PLAY-BY-PLAY UPDATES

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Oban Elliott admits the moment got to him in his UFC debut this past February.

Despite leaving with a unanimous decision win over Val Woodburn, the Contender Series alum lost sight of all the hard work he endured to earn his spot on the UFC roster, and instead almost felt like he didn’t deserve to be there. Fighting in the promotion was a dream come true for him, but Elliott realized a few weeks after his debut that he just wasn’t himself in the cage that night.

“I felt like last time I was very fanboyish about the whole thing,” Elliott said on The MMA Hour. “I feel like I owe a bit of an apology because I’m a bit annoyed at myself, by it all. The whole occasion, I felt like I forgot how much I actually belonged there.

“I was enjoying myself after the last one. It was cool. It was like, ‘What a first week of work that was!’ But as it’s unfolded, I realized [that] of course I’m excited by it, but I’m not going to be some little fan. I’m a world-class fighter fighting in the UFC. I deserve to be here. I guess everybody goes through it quietly, but I went through it. Now my head’s in the perfect place.”

While he definitely got caught up in all the lights and hoopla that surrounds a UFC event, Elliot also recognizes he had a lot riding on his debut as well.

After winning a majority decision over Kaik Brito on Contender Series, Elliott wasn’t even sure he’d get offered a UFC contract. That was echoed in a post-fight conversation he shared with UFC CEO Dana White after he got word that he would be joining the UFC roster.

“Contender Series, the way that fight went and Dana [White] was like, ‘Oh, I’m on the fence for this one,’” Elliott recounted. “He told me when he signed me, ‘Be careful what you wish for, kid.’ I always kind of thought about that.

“The main challenge was dealing with the occasion. That was kind of the whole challenge behind it. I went out on my debut, flew across to the Honda Center, I fought on a pay-per-view like that, and just about everything I ever dreamed of happening happened all in the space of a couple of days before I got the result.”

The good news is Elliott feels he got all of the nervous energy out in his UFC debut and he expects a much better showing against Preston Parsons at UFC 304 on Saturday.

“I feel like the pressure’s off me,” Elliott said. “The pressure’s finally off me. Even like I’m talking to you now, like, the pressure’s off me. I’m talking to you as if we’re at the pub having a chat. All of it. The chains are off.”

The timing for UFC 304 worked out perfectly as well as Elliott was dealing with some small injuries that kept him sidelined after his fight in February.

With the UFC landing in England for a pay-per-view card, the 26-year-old Welsh fighter desperately wanted to compete at the event but he wasn’t sure he’d be healed in time.

Thankfully, he was cleared to return, and a few days later, Elliot got the call he wanted.

“It was an honor,” Elliott said. “It was very cool. I won’t go into detail, but after the last fight, I had a couple of bumps and bruises and I didn’t actually get cleared to fight until later on. I was going back and forth. The UFC looks after you when it comes to your health, 100 percent. But obviously it’s all good, I had the clearance and it was like three days later they put me on the card.

“I was thinking I was maybe not going to get on this card because I wasn’t eligible for being matched. But literally the Friday I said I was all good, I needed it off a doctor basically, and by the Wednesday, I had a fight come through. That is an honor.”

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Off the back of her stunning submission win over ex-champion, Holly Holm in her promotional debut at UFC 300 earlier this year, Kayla Harrison is reportedly lined up to make her sophomore outing inside the Octagon.

Harrison, a former two-time PFL lightweight tournament winner and two-time Olympic gold medal winner, is reportedly targeted to make her return to action at UFC 307 at the beginning of October, taking on Brazilian contender, Ketlen Vieira in a bantamweight title eliminator in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Kayla Harrison targeted to fight Ketlen Vieira at UFC 307

News of Ohio native Kayla Harrison’s targeted matchup against Ketlen Vieira was first reported by Super Lutas reporter, Leo Guimaraes. 

“Ketlen Vieira vs. Kayla Harrison in the works,” Guimaraes posted on X. “It is expected to be on October 5th. UFC 307.”

As for Vieira, the Manaus native currently holds the number two rank in the bantamweight division – most recently featuring one year ago at UFC Fight Night London.

Returning to winning ways, Vieira landed a unanimous decision win over Pannie Kianzad, after previously dropping a split decision loss to incumbent bantamweight champion, Raquel Pennington. 

Prior to her loss to TUF veteran, Pennington, the hotly-tipped Vieira turned in back-to-back wins over both former undisputed bantamweight champions, Holly Holm, and Miesha Tate.

UFC 307 takes place on October 5. from the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah – with an undisputed featherweight championship fight between Ilia Topuria, and Max Holloway expected to take main event honors.

Furthermore, an undisputed bantamweight title fight between the above-mentioned, Pennington, and former gold holder, Julianna Pena is targeted for the same card.

Who wins at UFC 307: Kayla Harrison or Ketlen Vieira?

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Co-op Live in Manchester, England hosts tonight’s UFC 304 pay-per-view event.  The fight card is headlined by a welterweight title bout between champion Leon Edwards and second-ranked Belal Muhammad in a rematch.  The two first fought in March 2021, but the bout ended in a No Contest after an accidental eye poke rendered Muhammad unable to continue.

In the co-main event interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall puts his title on the line against Curtis Blaydes, also in a rematch.  Their first meeting in July 2022 ended in just 15 seconds. Aspinall suffered a knee injury the ended the fight.

Start Times:

•  Main Card begins at 10 p.m. ET
• Preliminary Card begins at 8 p.m. ET
• Early Preliminary Card begins at 6 p.m. ET

UFC 304 Live Results and Analytics

UFC 304 Official Results

Main card (ESPN+ PPV at 10 p.m. ET)

• 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 (ESPN2/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET)

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

Early Prelims (ESPN2/ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET)

• 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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