Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic are finally back into the UFC fold.
Jones (27-1, 1 NC) will return from a torn labrum injury to defend his heavyweight title on Nov. 16 against arguably the best heavyweight ever in Miocic (20-4) in the main event of UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In the co-main event, Michael Chandler (23-8) will pivot from a marquee matchup against Conor McGregor to a rematch against former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira (34-10).
Oliveira will enter UFC 309 as ESPN’s No. 3 ranked lightweight . Meanwhile, Chandler is unranked.
Big questions loom after the rebooking of Jones and Miocic atop a PPV card. How sharp should we expect both heavyweights to be by November? Just how good is UFC 309 now? Will we see a few retirements 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.