UFC 309 timeline: Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic

Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic finally fight for the UFC Heavyweight Championship in the main event of UFC 309 in New York City – a fight that the MMA community is excited to see so the division can move forward.

Check out MMA Fighting UFC 309 timeline Video for an in-depth look at how both headliners arrived at 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 multiple-time light heavyweight champion and his run at 205 pounds has been the ups and downs both inside and outside the octagon are the subject of the story leading up to Saturday’s main event.

Miocic’s break will last twice as long as he returns to the octagon after being brutally knocked out by Francis Ngannou at UFC 260 nearly four years ago. The 42-year-old will face a fighter not named Ngannou or Daniel Cormier for the first time since stopping Junior dos Santos at UFC 211 in May 2017.

Will the winner of the UFC 309 main event face interim champion Tom Aspinall to unify the titles? Will this be the last Octagon walk for Jones and Miocic?