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UFC 304 press conference live video stream (1 p.m. ET)

You can watch a live stream of the UFC 304 press conference in Manchester, England right here on MMA Junkie.

The UFC 304 pre-fight press conference takes place Thursday, and you can watch a live stream of the event in the video above. The press conference takes place at Co-Op Live in Manchester, England, which also hosts Saturday’s fight card.

UFC 304 is built around two title-fight rematches involving British champions as [autotag]Leon Edwards[/autotag] puts his welterweight title on the line in a rematch with [autotag]Belal Muhammad[/autotag], while Tom [autotag]Aspinall[/autotag] and [autotag]Curtis Blaydes[/autotag] run it back for the interim heavyweight belt.

Here’s what you need to know about the UFC 304 press conference.

What time does the UFC 304 press conference start?

The UFC 304 press conference starts at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT, which is 6 p.m. local time in Manchester.

Who’s taking part in the UFC 304 press conference?

Eight fighters from four main-card bouts are slated to participate in the UFC 304 press conference: Edwards, Muhammad, Aspinall, Blaydes, [autotag]Paddy Pimblett[/autotag], [autotag]King Green[/autotag], [autotag]Arnold Allen[/autotag], and [autotag]Giga Chikadze[/autotag]. In addition, ranked flyweights [autotag]Manel Kape[/autotag] and [autotag]Muhammad Mokaev[/autotag] are expected from the early prelims.

It’s unclear if UFC CEO Dana White will oversee the UFC 304 press conference.

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King Green explains issue with ‘spoiled kid’ Paddy Pimblett before UFC 304: ‘They’re building you. I had to earn it’

King Green thinks Paddy Pimblett is getting preferential treatment ahead of their UFC 304 matchup in Manchester, England.

MANCHESTER, England – [autotag]King Green[/autotag] thinks [autotag]Paddy Pimblett[/autotag] is getting preferential treatment.

Green (32-15-1 MMA, 13-10-1 UFC) takes on Pimblett (21-3 MMA, 5-0 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 304 (pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+) main card at Co-op Live.

Green acknowledges that he mentioned Pimblett first, but the 24-fight UFC veteran is just irked by “The Baddy’s” quick rise in popularity compared to his long road.

“The thing is the kid was getting a little too brash,” Green told reporters, including MMA Junkie at the UFC 304 media day. “I’m a humble guy. For some reason, he keeps calling me the cocky guy. He’s the cocky f*cker, but to me, it’s like I’ve earned my spot. I’ve been here for so long. I think I’m here 12 years now fighting.

“And not just 12 years where I fight once a year and I hang out, and I hang out and come back the next year. No. Consistently doing four, five fights a year. So, for me it’s a little different where I’ve earned my spot. That guy was running his mouth and doing all this barking. I’m like, ‘Who is this guy?'”

Green went on to elaborate about the UFC’s push towards Pimblett, citing his custom shorts as an example.

“I call him the spoiled kid,” Green added. “Certain kids that don’t know you got the whole house. Everything’s been built around you, and I think it goes back for me, because I didn’t have a mum and dad, I seen those kids act like that in school, like they don’t know how they treat their mum and dad.

“They’re spoiled, and he acts the same way. He doesn’t realize the UFC is working with him every opportunity. They’re building you. I had to earn it. They had to put me through the fire, forged by fire. You, they built you, and there’s a difference between us two.”

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