One of the greatest fighters in MMA history returns on Saturday night as Jon Jones defends his heavyweight championship against two-time former champion Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 309. Jones is making the first defense of the title he won with a first-round submission of Cyril Gane at UFC 285 in March of 2023.

If he had his way, Miocic would have taken care of that bit of business last November when he and Jones were first booked for the Garden, the delay caused by Jones’ torn pectoral muscle less than

Jon Jones makes the first defense of his heavyweight championship when he faces former champ Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 309 on Saturday in New York. The main card at Madison Square Garden is on ESPN+ pay-per-view starting at 10 p.