UFC 309 LIVE: Jon Jones fights Stipe Miocic in heavyweight title clash – latest updates and results – UK Times

Well, that’s why we said ‘subject to late changes’ when we gave you tonight’s card in full: Chris Weidman vs Eryk Anders has been cancelled on short notice!

Anders is ill, and unable to face the former middleweight champion.

A bit of a delay before the fights begin, but don’t go anywhere!

We spoke to UFC legend Michael Bisping about tonight’s main event, and he answered some of the overlooked questions ahead of Jones vs Miocic:

Jones has said he has no interest in facing Aspinall, if he gets past Miocic tonight.

But UFC president Dana White will seemingly not let Jones off that easy…

Subject to late changes…

Jon Jones (champion) vs Stipe Miocic (heavyweight title)

Charles Oliveira vs Michael Chandler 2 (lightweight, five rounds)

Bo Nickal vs Paul Craig (middleweight)

Viviane Araujo vs Karine Silva (women’s flyweight)

Mauricio Ruffy vs James Llontop (lightweight)

Jonathan Martinez vs Marcus McGhee (bantamweight)

Chris Weidman vs Eryk Anders (middleweight)

Jim Miller vs Damon Jackson (lightweight)

David Onama vs Roberto Romero (lightweight)

Marcin Tybura vs Jhonata Diniz (heavyweight)

Mickey Gall vs Ramiz Brahimaj (welterweight)

Bassil Hafez vs Oban Elliott (welterweight)

Veronica Hardy vs Eduarda Moura (women’s flyweight)

The card will air live on TNT Sports Box Office in the UK at a cost of £19.99, with the broadcaster’s app and website also streaming the fights. Discovery+ will also air the action in the UK, with the same pay-per-view cost applying. In the US, ESPN+ will stream the event live on pay-per-view for $69.99, as will the UFC’s Fight Pass.

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UFC 309 will take place at Madison Square Garden in New York City tonight.

The early prelims are due to begin at 11pm GMT (3pm PT, 5pm CT, 6pm ET), with the prelims following at 1am GMT on Sunday (5pm PT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET on Saturday). The main card is then set for 3am GMT on Sunday (7pm PT, 9pm CT, 10pm ET on Saturday).

Jon Jones will defend his heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 309 tonight, a year after the fight was first scheduled.

Jones and Miocic were due to meet at Madison Square Garden last November, but a torn pectoral muscle forced “Bones” out of the fight – delaying his first title defence by 12 months. Now the former light-heavyweight champion, 37, and heavyweight great Miocic, 42, will meet at MSG at long last, though their fight has proven controversial.

Jones, meanwhile, has not fought since winning the vacant heavyweight title in March 2023, and Miocic has not fought in almost four years. Furthermore, Miocic’s last fight ended in a vicious KO loss, and he and Jones have both hinted at retirement after tonight’s bout… potentially leaving Aspinall in the lurch.