What time is UFC 309: Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic tonight? Full fight details and undercard with Tom Aspinall backup fighter
UFC 309 is tonight and we are finally going to see Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic battle for the heavyweight title. This clash was meant to take place at UFC 295 in 2023, but ‘Bones’ suffered a horrendous injury in training, tearing a pectoral muscle and keeping him out of action for months. Jon Jones takes on Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 309Getty But Jones is now back, and he’s out to prove he’s the GOAT of UFC by beating Miocic, who has several high-profile scalps to his name. However, most of the build-up has been dominated by the champion facing calls to fight interim titleholder Tom Aspinall, who has weighed in as the backup fighter for the main event Elsewhere on the card, Michael Chandler takes on Charles Oliveira. Chandler was, of course, meant to face Conor McGregor earlier this year, but the Irishman picked up an injury, so he’ll face off against the Brazilian instead. UFC 309: Start time and how to follow This event will take place on Saturday, November 16 and is being held at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York City. The preliminary action is anticipated to start at 11pm UK time, with the main card starting at around 3am on Sunday. Jones vs Miocic should then be at about 5am for UK fans. Aspinall weighed in at 255 lbs as the backup fighter, with Jones tipping the scales at 237.6 lbs and challenger Miocic at 248.6 lbs. The action will be shown on TNT Sports and discovery+ in the UK, with the early preliminary rounds available on the UFC Fight Pass. More info here. talkSPORT and talkSPORT.com will keep you up to date with all the action, while you can also follow all the build-up on talkSPORT’s MMA YouTube channel. To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM. Jones is the heavyweight champ and will defend his belt in New YorkGetty UFC 309: Undercard Subject to change Main card MAIN EVENT: Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic – for UFC Heavyweight Championship Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler Viviane Araujo vs. Karine Silva Bo Nickal vs. Paul Craig Mauricio Ruffy vs. James Llontop Preliminary card Jonathan Martinez vs. Marcus McGhee Chris Weidman vs. Eryk Anders Jim Miller vs. Damon Jackson David Onama vs. Roberto Romero Early preliminary card Marcin Tybura vs. Jhonata Diniz Mickey Gall vs. Ramiz Brahimaj Bassil Hafez vs. Oban Elliot Veronica Hardy vs. Eduarda Moura Jones refused to speak to Catterall before his fightTNT Sports UFC 309: What has been said? Adam Catterall has spoken to talkSPORT after Jones walked out of an interview with him to avoid being questioned about Aspinall. Catterall, who also works for talkSPORT, co-hosts a show with Aspinall for TNT and has been very critical about Jones not fighting the Brit. Talking about his frosty encounter with the American MMA legend during an appearance on talkSPORT Drive this afternoon, he said: “I’m cool, I’m all right… “I’ve been very vocal about that situation and obviously, people know that I do a TV show with Tom, and I am close to him. I’m not going to lie about that. “Of course, he knows that, but I’ve been in these situations plenty of times before, covering boxing and MMA, and I’d like to think I’m pretty professional. “I’m always going to give people a first shake. I want to have a proper conversation. Of course, I’m going to challenge narratives that are thrown back at me, because that’s what I do. “That’s what proper journalism is and he is in the headspace of preparing for a fight on Saturday night. “If he doesn’t want to have that proper conversation, then he’s well within his rights and entitled to not have that conversation. “He didn’t want to do that. He walked away. I then went about trying to facilitate something else in order to get Jon Jones back onto the TNT platform. “So I agreed to step down from the interview, and my colleague Nick Peet stepped in, and he ended up doing the interview. “He just wouldn’t speak to me because of my relationship with Tom. That was it.”
UFC 309 is tonight and we are finally going to see Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic battle for the heavyweight title.
This clash was meant to take place at UFC 295 in 2023, but ‘Bones’ suffered a horrendous injury in training, tearing a pectoral muscle and keeping him out of action for months.
But Jones is now back, and he’s out to prove he’s the GOAT of UFC by beating Miocic, who has several high-profile scalps to his name.
However, most of the build-up has been dominated by the champion facing calls to fight interim titleholder Tom Aspinall, who has weighed in as the backup fighter for the main event
Elsewhere on the card, Michael Chandler takes on Charles Oliveira.
Chandler was, of course, meant to face Conor McGregor earlier this year, but the Irishman picked up an injury, so he’ll face off against the Brazilian instead.
UFC 309: Start time and how to follow
This event will take place on Saturday, November 16 and is being held at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The preliminary action is anticipated to start at 11pm UK time, with the main card starting at around 3am on Sunday.
Jones vs Miocic should then be at about 5am for UK fans.
Aspinall weighed in at 255 lbs as the backup fighter, with Jones tipping the scales at 237.6 lbs and challenger Miocic at 248.6 lbs.
The action will be shown on TNT Sports and discovery+ in the UK, with the early preliminary rounds available on the UFC Fight Pass. More info here.
talkSPORT and talkSPORT.com will keep you up to date with all the action, while you can also follow all the build-up on talkSPORT’s MMA YouTube channel.
To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.
You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
UFC 309: Undercard
Subject to change
Main card
- MAIN EVENT: Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic – for UFC Heavyweight Championship
- Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler
- Viviane Araujo vs. Karine Silva
- Bo Nickal vs. Paul Craig
- Mauricio Ruffy vs. James Llontop
Preliminary card
- Jonathan Martinez vs. Marcus McGhee
- Chris Weidman vs. Eryk Anders
- Jim Miller vs. Damon Jackson
- David Onama vs. Roberto Romero
Early preliminary card
- Marcin Tybura vs. Jhonata Diniz
- Mickey Gall vs. Ramiz Brahimaj
- Bassil Hafez vs. Oban Elliot
- Veronica Hardy vs. Eduarda Moura
UFC 309: What has been said?
Adam Catterall has spoken to talkSPORT after Jones walked out of an interview with him to avoid being questioned about Aspinall.
Catterall, who also works for talkSPORT, co-hosts a show with Aspinall for TNT and has been very critical about Jones not fighting the Brit.
Talking about his frosty encounter with the American MMA legend during an appearance on talkSPORT Drive this afternoon, he said: “I’m cool, I’m all right…
“I’ve been very vocal about that situation and obviously, people know that I do a TV show with Tom, and I am close to him. I’m not going to lie about that.
“Of course, he knows that, but I’ve been in these situations plenty of times before, covering boxing and MMA, and I’d like to think I’m pretty professional.
“I’m always going to give people a first shake. I want to have a proper conversation. Of course, I’m going to challenge narratives that are thrown back at me, because that’s what I do.
“That’s what proper journalism is and he is in the headspace of preparing for a fight on Saturday night.
“If he doesn’t want to have that proper conversation, then he’s well within his rights and entitled to not have that conversation.
“He didn’t want to do that. He walked away. I then went about trying to facilitate something else in order to get Jon Jones back onto the TNT platform.
“So I agreed to step down from the interview, and my colleague Nick Peet stepped in, and he ended up doing the interview.
“He just wouldn’t speak to me because of my relationship with Tom. That was it.”
