UFC 309

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UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic
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The poster for UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateNovember 16, 2024 (2024-11-16)
Venue Madison Square Garden
City New York City, New York, United States
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo

UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on November 16, 2024, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, United States. [1]

Contents

Background

The event will mark the promotion's eleventh visit to New York City and first since UFC 295 in November 2023. [1]

On November 12, it was reported that the UFC had notified fighters competing in upcoming events, including the current one, that the organization will reintroduce its previous glove design, which had been replaced at UFC 302 in June. UFC President Dana White cited frequent complaints from fighters as being the reason for the change, even though the new design had only been in use for six months. [2]

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Jones (left) will make his first heavyweight title defense. Meanwhile, Miocic (right) will make his return after nearly four years and will aspire to become just the second man to be a three-time division champion.

A UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between the current champion (also a former two-time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion) Jon Jones and former two-time champion Stipe Miocic is expected to headline this event. [3] They were previously expected to headline UFC 295 last November, but Jones withdrew due to a pectoral muscle injury. [4] Current interim champion Tom Aspinall is expected to serve as backup and potential replacement for this fight. [5] Dana White stated at the UFC 309 press conference that the winner of the bout will face current interim champion Tom Aspinall. [6]

A five-round lightweight rematch between former UFC Lightweight Champion Charles Oliveira and former three-time Bellator Lightweight World Champion (also a former UFC lightweight title challenger) Michael Chandler is expected to take place as the co-main event. [7] The pairing previously met for the vacant championship at UFC 262 in May 2021 which Oliveira won by second round TKO. [8]

A welterweight bout between Randy Brown and Carlos Prates was scheduled for this event. [9] However, Prates ended up being scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates against Neil Magny a week earlier. [10]

A lightweight bout between Mauricio Ruffy and Charlie Campbell was scheduled for this event. [11] However, Campbell withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by James Llontop. [12] [13] The pairing was also changed to a catchweight bout of 165 pounds. [14]

On November 6, two fighters pulled out of the event. Azamat Murzakanov, who was scheduled to face Nikita Krylov in a light heavyweight bout, withdrew due to unknown reasons; and Lucas Almeida, who was expected to face David Onama at featherweight, withdrew due to medical issues. [15] Almeida was replaced by promotional newcomer Roberto Romero in a lightweight bout and no replacement was found for Krylov. [16]

Fight card

Main card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Heavyweight Jon Jones (c)vs. Stipe Miocic [a]
Lightweight Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler
Middleweight Bo Nickal vs. Paul Craig
Women’s Flyweight Viviane Araújo vs. Karine Silva
Catchweight (165 lb)Mauricio Ruffyvs.James Llontop
Preliminary card (ESPNews / FX / Hulu / ESPN+)
Bantamweight Jonathan Martinez vs.Marcus McGhee
Middleweight Chris Weidman vs. Eryk Anders
Lightweight Jim Miller vs. Damon Jackson
LightweightDavid Onamavs.Roberto Romero
Early preliminary card (ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Heavyweight Marcin Tybura vs. Jhonata Diniz
Welterweight Mickey Gall vs. Ramiz Brahimaj
WelterweightBassil Hafezvs.Oban Elliot
Women's Flyweight Veronica Hardy vs.Eduarda Moura
  1. ↑ For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.

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  2. ↑ Sherdog.com. "UFC to Retire 'New' Gloves, Permanently Return to Previous Design at UFC 309". Sherdog. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
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