UFC 309: Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic – UK start time, live stream, TV channel and full card for heavyweight title fight

JON JONES makes his grand return to the UFC this weekend for the first defence of his heavyweight title.

Jones, a bonafide UFC legend, is fighting in just his second fight at heavyweight fight since vacating the 205lbs title in the summer of 2020.

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Jones defends his 265lbs title against former two-time heavyweight champion Stipe MiocicGETTY

Miocic, 42, lost the heavyweight crown to Francis Ngannou in March 2021GETTY

The 37-year-old claimed the vacant heavyweight crown last March with a two-minute demolition of Ciryl Gane at UFC 285.

And the Hall of Famer will make his first defence of the belt against former champion Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 309 in New York City.

Former two-time champion Miocic will provide Jones with the toughest test of his brief heavyweight career.

But the Cleveland clubber hasn’t been in action for three-and-a-half years, following a brutal knockout defeat at the hands of Francis Ngannou in his last octagon outing.

Clashes with both Ngannou and current interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall have been touted for Jones should emerge from his first heavyweight title defence victorious.

But Miocic is up next, and it should be a cracker.

When is UFC 309?

• UFC 309: Jones vs Miocic will take place on Saturday, November 16.
• The early prelims will start a 11pm GMT, and the prelims will get going from 1am in the early hours of November 17.
• The main card begins at 3am with the main event likely to kick off closer to 5am.
• Madison Square Garden in New York will play host.

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UFC 309 stream and TV channel

• UFC 309 will be shown live on TNT Sports in the UK.
• You can live stream all the action from the Discovery+ app, which is available for download onto your mobile or tablet device.

UFC 309 full card

Jones’ clash against Miocic is the main event but elsewhere on the card, Charles Oliveira takes on Michael Chandler in an exciting lightweight contest.

Bo Nickal also takes a step up as he faces Paul Craig while UFC legend Chris Weidman faces Eryk Anders.

Main card

• Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic – for UFC Heavyweight Championship
• Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler
• Viviane Araujo vs. Karine Silva
• Bo Nickal vs. Paul Craig
• Chris Weidman vs. Eryk Anders

Preliminary card

• Nikita Krylov vs. Azamat Murzakanov
• Jonathan Martinez vs. Marcus McGhee
• Jim Miller vs. Damon Jackson

Early preliminary card

• Mickey Gall vs. Ramiz Brahimaj
• Bassil Hafez vs. Oban Elliott
• Veronica Hardy vs. Eduarda Moura

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What’s been said?

When asked if he could call it a day after beating Miocic, Jones said: “You know I feel like I’ve been debating on whether I’m going to retire or not.

“I really don’t know if I’m going to retire or not. I feel like I’m basing a lot of whether I retire or not on my performance.”

Miocic said of potential retirement: “I think every fight, I’m always preparing for my last one.

“I always thought about retiring after my first UFC fight.

“I say that all the time. Who wants to get beat up for 10 weeks, 12 weeks, come back and do it again?

“I say that all the time. Who wants to get beat up for 10 weeks, 12 weeks, come back and do it again?

“I love what I do and it’s fun. So we’ll see but right now my task at hand is Jon. That’s all I care about. That’s what I’m thinking about.”