Daniel Cormier is set to call the UFC 309 main event where two of his greatest rivals meet with the heavyweight title on the line.
Jon Jones returns to action to face Stipe Miocic in a long-awaited showdown between two all-time greats to cap off the event from Madison Square Garden in New York. The fight was originally scheduled for November 2023 but Jones suffered a torn pectoral muscle that delayed the fight for a year.
While Cormier is no stranger to calling fights involving some of his former opponents, Saturday’s main event is particularly interesting considering Jones and Miocic were arguably the toughest challenges he faced during his Hall of Fame career. He faced them a combined five times during his career so Cormier certainly knows Jones and Miocic better than most.
Cormier is joined on the broadcast by play-by-plan man Jon Anik and comedian/podcaster Joe Rogan as the three-man booth calling UFC 309.
Megan Olivi is set to serve as the in-arena reporter for the event with Din Thomas providing analysis throughout the event.
UFC officials confirmed the broadcast team to MMA Fighting on Tuesday. MMA Junkie was the first to break the news.
UFC 309 also features a five-round co-main event when former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira takes on Michael Chandler in a rematch. In their previous encounter, Oliviera survived a near finish in the opening round and then put Chandler away in the second round to claim the vacant 155-pound title.
Now they meet again just over three years later with the winner almost certainly jumping right back into title contention in the lightweight division.
The UFC 309 pay-per-view main card kicks off at 10 p.m. ET with the prelims set to begin at 6 p.m. ET with 13 total fights scheduled from New York.
Former UFC women’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso may be out of the octagon for a while.
On Monday event, Grasso revealed via her Instagram account that she broke her leg training while posting a photo with a crutch and with her leg in a boot.
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Grasso didn’t reveal a timetable for recovery, or when she could return to competition.
The 31-year-old recently lost the women’s 125-pound championship in a lopsided decision against Valentina Shevchenko in their trilogy bout at UFC 306 in September. It was Grasso’s first loss in five years — a controversial decision loss in her final strawweight bout against Carla Esparza in September 2019.
After winning her next four fights, Grasso got her first opportunity to fight for a UFC title, and she came through with a stunning upset win, submitting Shevchenko at UFC 285 in March 2023. They would compete in a rematch at Noche UFC six months later and fought to a split draw in one of the best fights of the year.
Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic might be past its best before date, but one can’t deny this is a legitimate battle of legends.
Between them, the UFC 309 headliners have 15 successful title defenses (11 for Jones), a combined 47-5 record (and Jones shouldn’t even have the one loss), and wins over a laundry list of UFC Hall of Famers and all-time greats. There’s no doubt fans have soured on this matchup given the year-long delay they’ve had to endure, and the continued success of interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall, who should be fighting Jones on Saturday if we’re being honest. But it’s still not a bad pair of names to see at the top of the Madison Square Garden marquee.
Making the moment even more significant is the fact that this could very well be the last fight for both men. Jones is 37. Miocic is 42. Neither has anything left to prove and a send-off at “The World’s Most Famous Arena” is the stuff dreams are made of.
MMA Fighting’s Alexander K. Lee, Mike Heck, and Jed Meshew took a moment to reflect on the momentous occasion and peer slightly ahead to a future that might not include Jones nor Miocic, plus what to make of Michael Chandler fighting Charles Oliveira instead of Conor McGregor, and more.
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty ImagesStipe Miocic
1. Do you think this is the last we see of Jon Jones and/or Stipe Miocic?
Lee: Naaaaaaaah, Jones is just trolling.
I’m going full Prince of Positivity mode here and predicting that, yes, if the UFC officially proposes the bout to both parties, Jones will sign on the dotted line to fight Tom Aspinall. As much as I’ve hated every aspect of how Jones has handled this situation, the truth is he’s never had a reason to entertain or promote the Aspinall matchup. If anything, his staunch refusal to acknowledge that Aspinall is the clear No. 1 contender—and in MMA Fighting’s estimation, the No. 1 heavyweight, period—has only made fans more eager to see the dastardly “Bones” receive his comeuppance.
Has Jones been playing three-dimensional chess to build up this fight the whole time? I mean, no, probably not, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t unwittingly played the role of the heel to a tee.
That’s not even getting into the Alex Pereira of it all, an opponent that Jones has openly targeted and would undoubtedly stick around for. Even if he never fights Aspinall, there’s a large portion of the fanbase that would be satisfied seeing Jones make Pereira his true retirement fight before sailing off into the sunset.
While I’m confident we get one more Jones fight, Miocic is definitely done. Win or lose, he’s taking the microphone after, mumbling some hard-to-hear-but-surely-deeply-meaningful words and then slinking away to a well-deserved retirement.
Heck: The answer to this question is different depending on who wins this fight. If Jones wins, it will be the last we see of Miocic. But if the most hilarious thing in UFC history happens, and Miocic wins the belt, I believe we see both again.
Buckle up. Let’s take a journey, and the destination ends, unfortunately, with Aspinall getting hosed.
Here’s the scenario for a Jones win: He does exactly what he recently previewed to Kevin Iole. Jones will get on the microphone, while the camera is pointed on the smiling face of Aspinall, and no-sell the man that unequivocally should get the fight with Jones—or be promoted to undisputed champion—to call out Pereira. And that’s the fight we will absolutely get if he does that. From a business perspective, I totally understand it as it would be the biggest fight the UFC can make right now that may or may not involve Conor McGregor. But Aspinall gets hosed, and it’s ridiculous.
Now, if Miocic wins—and after we get the greatest Watch Party reaction and post-fight show in this website’s history—Aspinall still gets hosed. Why? Because Miocic is a smart man, and he knows how much money he could make if he faced Jones again as champion. He’d get the champion’s extras in what would be a massively promoted second meeting. In my opinion, that’s what would happen, because he isn’t fighting Aspinall, and for his legacy, and his bank account, he absolutely shouldn’t.
Poor, poor Tommy Aspinall.
Meshew: I’m genuinely shocked my friends are this naive. Of course this is the last ride. Both men have all but chiseled it in stone with their words and actions.
Miocic is 42 years old, and after fighting Jones, he really will have nothing left to prove. He made plenty of money in his career and is smart enough to understand that his body is already deteriorating. You can’t put a price on health and continuing to fight on after this one, last legacy matchup would be incredibly dim, especially if he wins. If he wins, Miocic retires on the spot, the way Daniel Cormier should have when he beat Stipe to take the heavyweight title. And if he loses, obviously he’s leaving. The man basically already left anyway, seeing how he hasn’t fought in nearly four years.
As for Jones, do I really need to go through this again? Turn on any of our shows for the past six months and you’re bound to find me ranting about how unabashed Jones is about ducking Aspinall. It’s clear as day and at this point the only way to deny it is if your head is buried so far up Jones’ … er, fandom, that you simply could never allow yourself to see reason.
And here’s the thing: I don’t blame Jon! Fighting Aspinall is a high-risk fight with only a small reward. If Jon miraculously agreed to fight Aspinall and won, maybe Aspinall immediately loses his next five fights and suddenly the win is like his Dominick Reyes “win.” Not a lot of upside there. And if Jones loses, it will be devastating. Not to his legacy for fans, but for Jones who is clearly obsessed with being “undefeated” (despite not being that) in a way that probably isn’t all that healthy.
No, the only reason Jon is continuing to fight is because he’s now in the Floyd Mayweather stage of his career where he will only fight people he knows he will beat. The man is making business decisions and Aspinall is bad for business. And I think the UFC has enough shame on it from this entire fiasco that even they won’t dare do Jones vs. Alex Pereira for the heavyweight title.
Unless of course Jon decides to drop back down to light heavyweight. Now wouldn’t that be something?
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2. Michael Chandler avenges his loss to Charles Oliveira. What’s next?
Meshew: Conor McGregor.
“What?! Jed, you’ve been leading the ‘Conor McGregor will never fight again’ train for years now! How can you possibly think that?!”
Because the alternative is too terrible to imagine, folks.
Michael Chandler is 2-3 in the UFC and while he has undeniably been fun, the man was a perfect McGregor opponent because he should be nowhere near the title picture. Islam Makhachev (or Arman Tsarukyan) has real dudes to defend against in this weight class and I don’t need to see him continue down the road of lightweight’s greatest hits for title defenses.
Which brings us back to McGregor.
Surely at some point Conor must fight again, right? Either because he wants to get out of his current UFC contract so he can do the Mayweather Exhibition tour and make a killing, or at least because he’s the boy who cried comeback. He doesn’t need to fight for money, but the man loves attention and there’s only so long he can keep playing the “I’m gonna smack all of them!” card when he keeps not fighting.
So with that, I think McGregor actually does fight in 2025 and while there are plenty of options for him, the UFC does seem keen on this Chandler fight. And while my thoughts about Michael Chandler are well-documented at this point, I will give the man his due: he’s a prize fighter. He knows that fighting Conor and maybe winning is better than getting put in the stockade by Islam.
So if Chandler somehow pulls it off, we’re back to the McGregor drawing board.
Heck: Sorry, Jed, but Chandler will be fighting for the UFC lightweight title if he beats Oliveira.
Would Chandler deserve it? From a wins and losses perspective, absolutely not. This would be Chandler’s best win by a significant margin in the UFC, but he would improve to a .500 record in the promotion, and be 2-3 in his past five fights in the toughest division in sports. But as we all know, none of that matters. Chandler has been a company guy through and through, he takes every opportunity to put the brass over in interviews, and also, all of his fights are absolute barnburners, which never hurts your case.
As the current divisional landscape appears, Tsarukyan is the clear next guy in line, and he’ll get his day in court at the beginning of 2025. If Chandler is coming off of a win against Oliveira, he’ll likely need to be a Makhachev fan, because if Tsarukyan wins, I’d be shocked if the UFC didn’t run that right back. But if Makhachev get his hand raised, Chandler will get the shot. The question we would need to ask ourselves is, “Who else is there right now?” Everybody in the UFC’s top 10, outside of Tsarukyan and Dan Hooker, are coming off of losses. If Chandler ever wants to fight for UFC lightweight gold, he needs to win this one, and I can probably say the same for Oliveira.
Lee: Yeah, McGregor!
OK, I’ll stop. I’m a positive person, but I’m not that positive.
Chandler definitely isn’t fighting McGregor ever and we should all be fine with that. Fortunately, there are a ton of great fights left for “Iron Mike” for however long he plans to continue fighting. Max Holloway. A Justin Gaethje rematch. Fresh blood rising up the rankings. And, yes, there’s an outside chance he is rewarded with shot at either Makhachev or Tsarukyan.
There’s a sick part of me that wants to continue pushing the Chandler vs. Paddy Pimblett matchup I’ve previously mentioned on On to the Next One, but I can’t make a reasonable case for Chandler fighting that far back in the rankings if he actually manages to beat Oliveira, one of the five best lightweights in the world (if he loses, though…).
No, Chandler deserves better if he avenges this loss, so I’ll push him towards a second dance with Gaethje. Their first fight was three years ago, if you can believe it, and it would be a shame if they didn’t share the octagon one more time before their careers wrap.
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty ImagesJim Miller
3. Outside of the top-2 fights, what one fighter are you most intrigued to see compete Saturday?
Heck: There’s obviously a few really good options, but I’m going with the bantamweight clash between Jonathan Martinez and Marcus McGhee.
Martinez, the man I’ve deemed “The Silence Behind the Violence,” is a very good fist-fighter, and entered the biggest fight of his career on an impressive six-fight win streak—a run that was so impressive, he was a decent favorite heading into a matchup with Jose Aldo. In the end, Aldo did what Aldo does and won a clear unanimous decision. Martinez proved he can bounce back from a loss in a strong way, but now he faces a guy in McGhee who has been a freaking finishing machine.
Is McGhee the real deal? He might be, but I certainly have questions based on his current level of competition. But if he goes out there on a big pay-per-view card and stops TSBTV to improve to 4-0 in the promotion, that will answer a lot of those inquiries, and will likely get him ranked by me in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings in the deep bantamweight division.
Meshew: Holy sin on a biscuit, this card is baaaad! Sorry, but I just now looked at the whole thing to find my answer for this question and, uh, let’s hope the main event stays intact because without it, no one is buying this thing.
Anyway, Mike picked the one legitimately good fight on the prelims to talk about so since I can’t pick that one, give me Jim Miller vs. Damon Jackson.
Miller is far and away the UFC leader in fights given that he’s still competing and the next closest person to him who is still active is Rafael dos Anjos, who is eight fights back and not really competing anymore. It’s always fun to watch MMA’s Cal Ripken continue his quite possibly unbreakable record.
Plus, Jackson is the perfect opponent for Miller: he’s solid but beatable, seems to be declining, and most importantly he’s fun. Jackson may not be a world-beater but he gives fans their money’s worth just about every time out, and couple that with Miller’s own violent proclivities and we got ourselves a stew going.
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Chris Weidman, I just can’t quit you. My fascination with “The All-American” goes all the way back to the start of the 2010s, when the highly touted Serra-Longo product went on an undefeated run through the middleweight division en route to a shocking upset of Anderson Silva that few expected. I can proudly say I was one of those few as in a rare moment of prescience, I picked Weidman to dethrone Silva (the standup KO was unbelievably shocking, though).
Yes, it’s been a rocky road since Weidman’s champion days ended and he’s unlikely to come close to those heights again. And yes, this fight with Eryk Anders is incredibly middleweighty, to the point that I can completely understand why they didn’t dare have this open the main card. Even so, I’ve never missed any of Weidman’s UFC fights and I plan to be locked for No. 20.
A lotta folks will have their butts in their seats before the main card to see Weidman, such is the pull the native New Yorker still has. Add in the fact this is a favorable matchup for him and you have the recipe for this maybe being the feel-good moment of the night (assuming Miocic doesn’t KO Jones).
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Shavkat Rakhmonov and Colby Covington appear to be on the same page, whether they realize it or not.
With UFC 310 in flux due to welterweight champion Belal Muhammad recently being forced to withdraw from his Dec. 7 fight with Rakhmonov, several names have lined up to potentially take on the undefeated Kazakhstan native. In an interview with Submission Radio, Covington speculated that he’d fare well in a potential fight with Rakhmonov, while former welterweight titleholder Kamaru Usman said on his podcast that he’s open to taking a short-notice call to face Rakhmonov despite their having previously trained at the same gym.
Rakhmonov responded to the comments on social media, daring his rivals to put pen to paper.
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“All I hear are empty callouts,” Rakhmonov wrote. “No real intention, no action. Just posturing for media and fans.”
It didn’t take long for Covington to log on and respond, telling Rakhmonov’s manager Daniel Rubenstein to translate a message for him.
Google translate this for your boy Ruby @Rakhmonov1994 pic.twitter.com/Pqz0UgvGYc
— Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) November 11, 2024
“Someone just showed me Rubenstein’s tweet for that big dummy ‘Shitrat,’” Covington said, implying Rakhmonov did not write his own tweet. “Listen up, junior, translate this to whatever caveman dialect you need to and get it through that big empty skull attached to that Gumby-ass body. I don’t posture and I don’t bluff. As soon as I get off this beautiful five-star Trump golf course… I’m calling Hunter and Dana, and we can all see who’s posturing for clicks, bozo.”
It is not yet known if Rakhmonov will end up fighting at UFC 310 or if his matchup with Muhammad—out due to a toe infection—will be re-booked for a later date. Should Covington get the call and an interim title be put on the line, it will mark Covington’s fifth UFC title fight.
Covington defeated Rafael dos Anjos for an interim welterweight belt in 2018, but lost a pair of title fights to Kamaru Usman and then one to Leon Edwards in his most recent outing this past December.
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Deontay Wilder vs. Francis Ngannou? It could happen.
Ngannou made a successful return to MMA competition this past October with a thudding first-round knockout of Renan Ferreira at PFL Battle of the Giants. It was Ngannou’s first MMA fight since January 2022 as he parted ways with the UFC in 2023, signed with PFL, and then participated in a pair of high-profile boxing bouts against Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.
After defeating Ferreira, Ngannou dedicated the win to his son Kobe, who died tragically this past April. He declined to comment on what his next move would be, though boxing remains on the table and Wilder is interested in negotiating a potential matchup of heavyweight stars.
“Even since I’ve been off, there’s been a lot of offers coming in,” Wilder told TMZ Sports. “A lot of things in different countries and stuff like that. Even with Francis, hope everything is going good for you, I’m sorry for your loss. I can only imagine what it’s like to lose a child. I never hope to even feel that feeling of it. I hope life is going beautiful for you, bro.”
“That’s a conversation I’m still looking to get in there in the mix and talk about,” Wilder added when asked about fighting Ngannou.
Wilder, a former WBC titleholder, is mired in the worst slump of his career with just one win in his past five outings. This past April, he lost to Zhilei Zhang via fifth-round TKO. The 39-year-old is still highly regarded for his finishing power, with all but one of his 43 career wins coming by way of KO/TKO.
Ngannou is 0-2 as a pro, though he was widely praised for scoring a knockdown of Fury en route to a controversial split decision loss. Against Joshua, his loss was more definitive as he was knocked out in the second round.
Regardless of what the official record says, Wilder won’t overlook Ngannou if they step into the ring together.
“Any fight is competitive,” Wilder said. “When you’ve got a man that’s got two hands and two feet and he’s got a heart, that will to win, you’ve got competition. You’ve got a fight on your hands. That’s why when you get in the ring you respect every man that steps in there. You just never know what dog he may bring to the fight.”
It’s unknown when Wilder will be able to compete as he told TMZ Sports he suffered an arm injury (“two tears in my shoulder”) in November 2023 ahead of losses to Zhang and Joseph Parker. Speaking about his recovery, Wilder is optimistic that he can continue to perform at high level.
“For me, the best is yet to come,” Wilder said. “We’re still going. We’re still here. We just get things together, I’m just handling a lot of things. I had a lot of outside distractions that I had to get rid of, a lot of burden upon me. I took care of a lot of people and it just became to a point where I just couldn’t do it no more. I’ve got seven kids of my own, I can’t take care of everybody.”
“Even the closest ones to me, I’ve been betrayed by so many people. It’s been a domino effect over the last five years. If anybody knows about betrayal, it’s worse than heartbreak.”
Jon Jones might want to add another championship to his resume after UFC 309.
Just days away from returning to defend his UFC heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic in the main event from Madison Square Garden in New York, the incumbent champion addressed his recent comments where he stated rather emphatically that he had no interest in facing off with Tom Aspinall but instead suggested a potential showdown with reigning light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira.
While he’s faced blowback for that declaration, Jones stands by his decision but he’s also not looking to hold up a division or stop Aspinall from claiming the title once he’s gone. In fact, Jones says as much as he likes the idea of defending the heavyweight title against Pereira, he’d be willing to give up that belt with hopes that a different championship could potentially go up for grabs.
“It’d be cool to fight over the heavyweight championship but I would also willingly give up the heavyweight championship,” Jones told SportsNet on Monday. “I walked away from the light heavyweight championship. I’d love to walk away from this one as well on top, on [my] own terms, good head on your shoulders, making lots of money. I love the position that I’m in right now.
“Fighting Pereira for the ‘BMF’ belt, that would be cool. We both have two belts in two weight classes and the night we fought we’d both be fighting for our third belt, which would be the ‘BMF.’ How cool would that be?”
Jones suggesting a “BMF” title fight throws a whole new wrinkle into this potential matchup, especially given his long history as arguably the greatest fighter of all-time while Pereira has quickly earned a reputation as one of the nastiest knockout artists to ever compete in the UFC.
There is a current “BMF” champion in Max Holloway but that belt isn’t exactly weight class specific.
The first ever “BMF” title went to Jorge Masvidal after he defeated Nick Diaz at welterweight and then the belt moved to Justin Gaethje following a vicious knockout over Dustin Poirier at lightweight. Gaethje then lost the belt to Holloway at UFC 300 but who’s to say a second “BMF” title couldn’t get introduced for Jones vs. Pereira?
As much as Jones likes that idea, he also takes issue with the way things have played after he essentially dismissed Aspinall as a possible opponent worthy of his attention.
Aspinall might have an interim title wrapped around his waist right now but Jones doesn’t believe that belt should have been introduced in the first place.
A torn pectoral muscle prevented him from fighting Miocic back in November 2023 and in his absence, the UFC crowned Aspinall as the new interim champion after he knocked out Sergei Pavlovich. In Jones’ opinion, that fight ultimately created more problems than it solved.
“The interim championship shouldn’t have been there in the first place,” Jones said. “The only reason why there was an interim championship fight was because I got hurt and they needed to keep the importance of that Madison Square Garden event. But Sergei [Pavlovich] and Aspinall shouldn’t have been fighting for an interim title in the first place.
“They should have just been a replacement fight. A main event fight. I think making it an interim [title] fight was premature. Now you have a bunch of confused people.”
Jones believes he should have been given the opportunity to heal up from his injury and just return to defend the heavyweight championship without an interim title lingering in the shadows.
“When you have a dominant champion that’s been around as long as I have, there was no reason to put an interim championship belt out there,” Jones said. “That’s the repercussion of Madison Square Garden last year.”
Mike Tyson and Jake Paul will square off Friday night. | Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images
The Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight card, start time is for Friday night’s highly anticipated heavyweight showdown at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson (50-6, 2 no-contests) hasn’t fought since an exhibition draw with legend Roy Jones Jr. on Nov. 28, 2020. The 58-year-old hasn’t had a professional fight in almost 20 years when he quit at the end of the sixth round against Kevin McBride on June 11, 2005.
Jake Paul (10-1) is coming off a sixth-round knockout of BKFC star Mike Perry on July 20, 2024. He has won four fights in a row.
The Tyson vs. Paul fight card will kick off at 5:30 p.m. ET on the prelims, and will be on MMA Fighting.
Shadasia Green vs. Melinda Watpool
Lucas Bahdi vs. Armando Casamonica
Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington vs. Dana Coolwell
The Tyson vs. Paul will then head to Netflix at 8 p.m. ET. This portion of the card is as follows:
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The first few fights booked for UFC 312 have now been revealed as the promotion plots a return to Sydney, Australia on Feb. 8.
Among the fights announced, Jimmy Crute makes his return to action for the first time in over a year as he takes on Marcin Prachnio in a light heavyweight bout.
Crute hasn’t fought since 2023 when his record fell to 0-3-1 over four fights and he decided to take an extended break from action before making his return. As for Prachnio, he also looks to bounce back from a loss in his most recent outing while trying to gain some momentum following a 4-3 run over his past seven fights in the UFC.
Undefeated prospect Rei Tsuruya also returns in Australia when he puts his perfect 10-0 record on the line against Stewart Nicoll.
Also announced for the card, local favorite Quillan Salkilld makes his octagon debut against Anshul Jubli, who looks to bounce back after suffering a loss to Mike Breeden during his most recent appearance back in October 2023.
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UFC 312 goes down from Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney with a main event still to be announced for the card. Several locals have called for fights in Australia including former featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski as he looks to get back in the win column following his loss to Ilia Topuria this past February.
On the first episode of UFC 309 Embedded, Jones gives himself a new nickname to match his new life as a heavyweight, Charles Oliveira goes old school for his training, Michael Chandler shows off the latest in training recovery technology, Stipe Miocic enjoys his favorite meal before a fight, and more.
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