All signs pointed toward a November showdown between Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) and Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) at Madison Square Garden and on Saturday the promotion made it official. The heavyweight title fight will headline UFC 309 on Nov. 16 in New York.

A year on from their originally scheduled showdown, UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic will finally do battle inside MSG.

The UFC has announced that Jones will face former heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 on Nov. 16 in New York. Jones had stated multiple times over that he was waiting to take on Miocic, despite many fans calling for a unification title fight against current interim heavy weight champion Tom Aspinall.

Let’s try this again. For the second year in a row, the UFC has booked Jon Jones to defend the UFC heavyweight title against former two-time champ Stipe Miocic for its annual Madison Square Garden event,

Dana White has confirmed that Jon Jones will defend his heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 309 on November 16.

After months of waiting, fight fans can breathe a sigh of relief as Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic finally has a set date.

Tom Aspinall's more aggressive approach toward Jon Jones is completely intentional. Aspinall's (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) verbal attacks on Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) have gotten the UFC heavyweight champion's attention but not the fight Aspinall so eagerly desires.

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Tom Aspinall’s desire to get anywhere closer to the heavyweight title fight is commendable. In an effort to get even closer, he claims to have already started training to be a backup fighter for the targeted heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic in November.

Tom Aspinall says he’s trying to provoke Jon Jones into a fight and believes it’s working as Jones gets more upset with him.