MANCHESTER — UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards, Belal Muhammad, interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall, Curtis Blaydes, and more face off for the final time at UFC 304 ceremonial weigh-ins.
Tensions also continue to escalate between flyweight contenders Manel Kape and Muhammad Mokaev.
Undefeated UFC flyweight star Muhammad Mokaev will face the surging Manel Kape at UFC 304 in Manchester, England. The two have been at odds for a while now, with the tension coming to a head during the ceremonial weigh-ins. Muhammad Mokaev and Manel Kape had to be physically separated as a brawl was about to ensue at the face-off.
Here’s a video of the weigh-in incident posted by Championship Rounds on X:
Muhammad Mokaev and Manel Kape’s teams allegedly got into a brawl at the fighter hotel
It seems the heat during the weigh-in was motivated by an earlier incident that happened at the official fighter hotel. In a video leaked on X, it was captured that Team Mokaev and Team Kape allegedly got into a physical altercation.
Here’s the video posted by Home of Fight on X with the caption:
“Team Mokaev & Team Kape got into an altercation at the fighters hotel, possibly due to the earlier rumours of a bloody altercation at the UFC PI🫣
Manel Kape soon posted about the incident, even admitting to hitting Muhammad Mokaev in a rumored altercation at the UFC Performance Institute earlier this year:
“What kind of Muslim are you? You gave me Salam asked to take a picture and then tried to punch me in the betrayal, i can see now you are not a child of the dagestao, because there are created men you are just a poor bastard raised on a low income in Manchester without honor and principles.”
He continued:
“When I hit you in Vegas I went alone and I told you to be ready, I don’t hit men with their guard down or distracted or on the back. I thought everything was solved, but now the carnage will continue… Shaytan!”