Jon Jones will lastly make his return to the Octagon to defend his UFC heavyweight title towards former champion Stipe Miocic on the upcoming UFC 309 pay-per-view (PPV) card on Nov. 16 from inside Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.
UFC CEO, Dana White, revealed the information in a latest interview with Complicated Sports activities (proven beneath). The promotion can be anticipated to unveil UFC 309’s PPV major card later tonight through the broadcast for Noche UFC.
The long-awaited heavyweight legacy combat between Jones and Miocic was initially anticipated to happen at UFC 295 in November of final yr. This got here after Jones defeated Ciryl Gane at UFC 285 earlier in 2023 after a three-year hiatus. Sadly, “Bones” ended up tearing his pectoral muscle and was pulled from his combat towards Miocic. The promotion has been ready to reschedule it ever since.
Making issues extra fascinating alongside the best way has been the rise of interim UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall. The surging English star has seemed downright unstoppable and is coming off three-straight, first-round knockout victories, together with a title combat win over Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 295 and his first protection of the interim strap towards Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304.
He’ll make a very good backup.
Regardless of Aspinall’s wild success and plea for UFC to feed him Jones, the promotion remains to be rolling with Miocic. It’s a matchup that each Jones and Miocic have been ready for and one that can now headline one of many final PPV playing cards of 2024.
Including to UFC 309’s rising card can be a light-weight rematch between fan-favorite Michael Chandler and former UFC champion Charles Oliveira. Chandler has waited shut to 2 years to get his long-awaited combat towards Conor McGregor, however on Friday he determined to show the web page and get again into the Octagon.
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