Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic will finally battle for the UFC heavyweight championship in the main event of UFC 309 in New York City — a fight the MMA community is excited to get to so the division can move forward.
Watch MMA Fighting’s UFC 309 Timeline video for an in-depth look at how both headliners got to this weekend’s pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden.
Jones defends the heavyweight title for the first time since capturing the championship nearly two years ago with a quick submission win over Ciryl Gane at UFC 285. “Bones” is a former, multi-time light heavyweight champion, and his run at 205-pounds, the ups and the downs — both in and out of the octagon — are featured in the story to Saturday’s main event.
Miocic’s layoff is twice as long, as he returns to the octagon after getting brutally knocked out by Francis Ngannou at UFC 260 almost four years ago. The 42-year-old will compete against a fighter not named Ngannou or Daniel Cormier for the first time since stopping Junior dos Santos at UFC 2011 in May 2017.
Will the winner of the UFC 309 main event face interim champ Tom Aspinall to unify the titles? Will it be the final octagon walk for Jones and Miocic?
