It is battle week within the Metropolis. UFC returns for its annual journey to Madison Sq. Backyard in New York on Saturday night time with one of many largest fights of the yr atop the marquee. Heavyweight champion Jon Jones will tackle former titleholder Stipe Miocic in an epic conflict of the 2 males thought-about the very best heavyweight and light-weight heavyweight champions within the promotion’s historical past. Plus, an attractive rematch sits within the co-main occasion slot.
Jones is taken into account by many to be the game’s best fighter of all time. His file within the mild heavyweight division speaks for itself with title wins over among the high fighters of the early period of UFC. Nonetheless, lengthy intervals of inactivity proceed to hang-out him within the public eye as Jones has only one battle within the final three years. His win over Ciryl Gane to say the vacant heavyweight crown was fast and decisive, but it surely nonetheless left followers wanting extra. Now, he will get that probability when he takes on Miocic, who holds the file for many title defenses and wins in title fights in heavyweight historical past. Miocic, 42, has additionally been extremely inactive within the final 4 years with only one battle since 2020.
It has been an odd week for a lot of following the game as most consideration has shifted to a possible Jones vs. Tom Aspinall battle. Whereas Jones was inactive, Aspinall stepped up and earned the interim heavyweight crown and has finished all the things he can to persuade Jones to take a battle with him. As an alternative, Jones has given a litany of excuses for why that will not occur, starting from Jones’ declare {that a} win over Aspinall does nothing for his legacy to eager to drop the belt altogether to pursue tremendous fights with Alex Pereira and Derrick Lewis to straight up not liking Aspinall and the way he has gone about his enterprise. UFC CEO Dana White refuses to present any credence to the “ducking” accusations being levied at Jones.
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Under is the whole battle card for UFC 309 together with the newest odds. Verify again all week lengthy for the newest information, options and different content material round this huge occasion.
UFC 309 battle card, odds
- Jon Jones (c) -625 vs. Stipe Miocic +450, heavyweight title
- Charles Oliveira -265 vs. Michael Chandler +215, lightweights
- Bo Nickal -1200 vs. Paul Craig +750, middleweights
- Karine Silva -265 vs. Viviane Araujo +215, ladies’s flyweights
- Mauricio Ruffy def. James Llontop through unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Marcus McGhee def. Jonathan Martinez through unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Jim Miller def. Damon Jackson through first-round submission (guillotine choke)
- David Onama def. Roberto Romero through unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Marcin Tybura def. Jhonata Diniz through second-round TKO (physician stoppage)
- Raminz Brahimaj def. Mickey Gall through first-round knockout (punches)
- Oban Elliott def. Bassil Hafez through third-round knockout (punches)
- Eduarda Moura def. Veronica Hardy through unanimous resolution (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
UFC 309 information
- Date: Nov. 16
- Location: Madison Sq. Backyard — New York Metropolis
- Begin time: 10 p.m. ET (Predominant card)
- How one can watch: ESPN+ PPV
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