UFC 304 - Leon Edwards vs Belal Muhammad 2 LIVE: 'Rocky' headlines huge Manchester card featuring Paddy Pimblett, Molly McCann and Tom Aspinall

After a horrendous debut - getting brutally KO'd by Ashmouz, Patterson has bounced back with two first round finishes and tonight dispatched Kiefer Crosby with an arm triangle choke. It took a while to sink in and he moved to mount and then back again but eventually the tap came.

Parkin is now a perfect 10-0 with four of those coming in the UFC but that was his first finish in the big show. The 6ft 4in heavyweight's star is very much on the rise.

Shauna Bannon opened up the early pre-lims and had the Irish fans in Co-op Live Arena buzzing with a split decision win.

Mick Parkin then took things to another decibel level entirely - smacking Łukasz Brzeski about with a big right hand over the jab before swarming and putting him down and out. Huge victory for the Englishman and hopefully a sign of things to come.

EARLY PRE-LIMS:

Shauna Bannon vs Alice Ardelean

Mick Parkin vs Lucasz Brzeski

Sam Patterson vs Kiefer Crosby

Modestas Bukauskas vs Marcin Prachnio

Oban Elliott vs Preston Parsons

PRE-LIMS:

Mohammad Mokaev vs Manel Kape

Jake Hadley vs Caolan Loughran

Molly McCann vs Bruna Brasil

Nathanial Wood vs Daniel Pineda

MAIN CARD:

Arnold Allen vs Giga Chikadze

Christian Leroy Duncan vs Gregory Rodrigues

Bobby Green vs Paddy Pimblett

Tom Aspinall vs Curtis Blaydes

Leon Edwards vs Belal Muhammad

October 2016 was the last time this behemoth of a travelling MMA roadshow hit Manchester, with Michael Bisping defending his belt against Dan Henderson.

It was a brutal start time for the locals back then, as it is tonight, but there's plenty of action to stave the fatigue away, so strap in for the hours ahead. There are a host of top British fighters in action across the early pre-lims, pre-lims and main card later. Here we go!