Bloody crowd brawl erupts as Leon Edwards title reign comes to ugly end at UFC 304
A mass brawl broke out in the crowd at UFC 304 after Leon Edwards dropped his welterweight strap to Belal Muhammad.
'Remember the Name' put on a wrestling clinic for five rounds to defeat Edwards on points at Manchester's Co-Op Live Arena in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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Edwards got the better of the standup exchanges while Muhammad dominated on the ground.
In the end, all three judges scored the fight for Muhammad with scorecards of 48-47, 48-47, and 49-46 in his favour.
After picking up the victory, Muhammad rubbed salt into the home fans' wounds as he took to the mic.
"It sounds like all the people booing now have tears coming out of their eyes," he said. "I see you guys with watery eyes right now."
"This fight is nothing this is for my family, my people in Palestine who are fighting the real fight.
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"I’m just trying to do my part, Al-Hamdallah always."
Moments before his post-fight interview, all hell broke loose at cageside as tempers flared.
In a video uploaded to social media, one supporter could be seen attempting to smash a chair over another punter's head while security rushed into the middle of the chaos to break it up.
One spectator was seen with a gash over his head while another was dropped to the ground by a blow.
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It was a disappointing end to a great event.
Earlier in the night, Paddy Pimblett proved a lot of critics wrong by making quick work of No.15 ranked lightweight King Green.
Pimblett choked Green out in the opening stanza with a triangle choke - thus becoming the first man to finish his veteran foe via submission inside the UFC Octagon.
Sadly, it wasn't to be for his teammate Molly McCann who was bested over the distance by Bruna Brasil.
However, Tom Aspinall was on point as he dropped and stopped Curtis Blaydes in 60 seconds to retain his UFC interim heavyweight title.
Elsewhere on the bill, Arnold Allen outpointed Giga Chikadze, Mick Parkin scored a brutal KO win over Lukasz Brzeski and Muhammad Mokaev extended his unbeaten record 13-0 with a unanimous decision win over Manel Kape.
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