UFC 304: Kiefer Crosbie to face Sam Patterson on stacked Manchester card topped by Leon Edwards vs Belal Muhammad

THE UFC have booked a third tasty welterweight showdown for their return to the UK.

MMA's premier promotion will return to these shores for a second pay-per-view card in as many years on July 27.

UFC 304 is set to showcase some of the promotion's best talent from the United Kingdom and Ireland.

And The Emerald Isle is set to have another representative on the stacked card.

Multiple sources have informed SunSport that Irishman Kiefer Crosbie will make his second octagon outing on the Manchester card.

Crosbie's dance partner for the night will be England and Team Crossface's own Sam Patterson.

Crosbie - a long-time training partner of UFC legend Conor McGregor - made a short-notice octagon debut against Kevin Jousset last September.

'Big Daddy' came up short in that contest, which he lost via first-round submission.

He was due to return against Themba Gorimbo in February but was forced to withdraw from their showdown due to injury.

Patterson, meanwhile, is flying high having picked up his first win in the promotion in sensational fashion in January.

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'The Future' bounced back from defeat to Yanal Ashmouz last March with a slick first-round submission of octagon veteran Yohan Lainesse.

UFC 304 takes place at Manchester's brand-spanking new Co-op Live Arena - the largest indoor arena in Europe.

A welterweight title fight between champion Leon Edwards and the surging Belal Muhammad tops the bill.

And a rematch between Tom Aspinall and Curtis, in which the former will defend his interim heavyweight title, will serve as the co-main event of the morning.

UFC 304 (as it stands)

Leon Edwards vs Belal Muhammad (welterweight title fight)
Tom Aspinall vs Curtis Blaydes (interim heavyweight title fight)
Paddy Pimblett vs Bobby Green (lightweight bout)
Arnold Allen vs Giga Chikadze (men's featherweight bout)
Muhammad Mokaev vs Manel Kape (men's flyweight bout)

Prelims

Nathaniel Wood vs Daniel Pineda (men's featherweight bout)
Molly McCann vs Bruna Brasil (women's strawweight bout)
Christian Leroy Duncan vs Robert Robert Bryczek (middleweight bout)
Kiefer Crosbie vs Sam Patterson (welterweight bout)
Shauna Bannon vs Ravena Oliveira (women's bantamweight bout)
Caloan Loughran vs Ramon Tavares (men's bantamweight bout)
Preston Parson vs Oban Elliot (welterweight bout)
Mick Parkin vs Lukaz Brzeski (heavyweight bout)