Stipe Miocic will challenge Jon Jones for the heavyweight championship at UFC 309 this Saturday in New York. Here's what you need to know.

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One of the greatest fighters in MMA history returns on Saturday night as Jon Jones defends his heavyweight championship against two-time former champion Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 309. Jones is making the first defense of the title he won with a first-round submission of Cyril Gane at UFC 285 in March of 2023.

Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic completed the final hurdle to lock in their UFC 309 heavyweight title headliner at Friday's official weigh-ins. Reigning champion Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) and former titleholder Miocic (20-4 MMA,

The 37-year-old Jones hasn’t fought since he ended a three-year sabbatical and choked out Ciryl Gane at UFC 285 in March 2023. The 42-year-old Miocic last fought when he dropped the belt to Francis Ngannou at UFC 280 in March 2021.

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Stipe Miocic, a Euclid native and Valley View firefighter, returns to the UFC Octagon after a three-year layoff to face heavyweight champion Jon Jones. Driving the news: The fight headlines the pay-per-view UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden Saturday night.