Here’s how to watch or stream UFC 309 Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic

Jon Jones will defend his heavyweight championship for the first time when he takes on former champion Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 309 on Saturday in New York.

The main card at Madison Square Garden is available starting at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ pay-per-view, with prelims on ESPNews, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes, Hulu and FX at 8 p.m. and early prelims on ESPN+ at 6 p.m

Jones (27-1, 1 NC) will fight at heavyweight for just the second time, having won the UFC belt via a quick submission of Ciryl Gane in March 2023.

Miocic (20-4) last fought in March 2021, losing his title to Francis Ngannou via second-round knockout.

What are the storylines behind the top fights at UFC 309? How do experts break it down? What do the fighters say? Here’s the fight card, how to watch it and a collection of everything you need to know about UFC 309.

Here’s how to watch the fights

Watch the PPV and all other fights on ESPN+: Get ESPN+ here.

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There is also FightCenter, which provides live updates for every UFC card.

The UFC 309 fight card

ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET
Heavyweight Championship: Jon Jones (c) vs. Stipe Miocic
Lightweight: Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler
Middleweight: Bo Nickal vs. Paul Craig
Women’s flyweight: Viviane Araujo vs. Karine Silva
Lightweight: Mauricio Luffy vs. James Llontop
ESPNews/ESPN Deportes/ESPN+/Hulu/FX, 8pm ET
Men’s Bantamweight: Jonathan Martinez vs. Marcus McGhee
Middleweight: Chris Weidman vs. Eryk Anders
Lightweight: Jim Miller vs. Damon Jackson
Featherweight: David Onama vs. TBD
ESPN+, 6pm ET
Marcin Tybura vs. Jhonata Diniz
Welterweight: Mickey Gall vs. Ramiz Brahimaj
Welterweight: Bassil Hafez vs. Oban Elliott
Women’s flyweight: Veronica Hardy vs. Eduarda Moura
(c) = defending champions

Top stories

UFC 309 by the numbers: GOAT vs. GOAT, retirements, history at MSG

Although the UFC is still a relatively young promotion – November marks the 31st anniversary of the company’s founding in 1993 – there don’t seem to be many “firsts” left to leave off the list.

Perhaps the most notable result is a duel between the best fighters from two different divisions.

Sure, there were a lot of champion versus champion fights. And lots of great duels between fighters who can claim to be the best within the same division. But the main event of UFC 309 is different.

When Jones, the best light heavyweight in MMA history, takes on Miocic, the UFC’s most decorated heavyweight, it will be the first time two UFC division GOATs have faced off.

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Early look at UFC 309: Is Jones-Miocic the right heavyweight title fight?

Big questions arise after Jones and Miocic were moved to a PPV card. How strong are both heavyweights likely to be in November? How good is UFC 309 now? Will we see some outages by the end of the night?

Andreas Hale, Brett Okamoto and Jeff Wagenheim address these questions and more, including assessing what interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall should do at the end of the main event.

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Aspinall? Jones? Ngannou? Who is the best heavyweight in the world right now?

The Big 3 debate in MMA is about who the top heavyweight is: UFC champion Jon Jones, interim UFC champion Tom Aspinall and former UFC champion and current PFL Super Fights champion Francis Ngannou.

Unfortunately, they still need to be locked in a cage to determine who the best heavyweight in the world is. And who knows if it will ever happen? Aspinall has been chasing a fight with Jones, who is threatening to retire after facing Stipe Miocic at UFC 309. As for Ngannou, he also wants a fight with Jones but is currently competing in another MMA promotion. And given his war of words with UFC CEO Dana White, the chances of Ngannou returning to the UFC are slim at best.

Since the debate can’t be settled with a sanctioned MMA fight, ESPN asked fighters, analysts and trainers to rank the three heavyweights to determine who the current “Big Me” of this version of the Big 3 is.

Read the story.