A 12-fight card at UFC 309 in New York City was headlined by a heavyweight clash between current champion Jon Jones and former champion Stipe Miocic . Jones and Charles Oliveira emerged as big winners from the night, but what do their victories mean for the bigger picture in the sport? Also of note, did Michael Chandler salvage a fight with Conor McGregor in the fifth round, even in a loss? To make sense of it all, Mike Coppinger, Jeff Wagenheim and Brett Okamoto offer their final takeaways on a fun night of fights in Madison Square Garden. NEW YORK -- Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic were set to fight last November at Madison Square Garden before the fight was postponed.
Once Jones was recovered from his surgery to repair a torn pectoral tendon , UFC president Dana White rescheduled the heavyweight championship fight to headline the annual November show in Madison Square Garden. Jones left no doubt once again that he's the greatest MMA fighter of all time with a third-round TKO of Miocic in the first defense of his UFC heavyweight championship. The 37-year-old bloodied Miocic, busted up his right eye and then finished him off with a beautiful spinning back kick to the body.
Editor's Picks UFC 309 results: Jones retains with spinning back kick TKO over Miocic 1h Chandler, Oliveira, Masvidal, Holloway? Who leads the McGregor sweepstakes now? 5d Brett Okamoto After his first fight in 20 months, Jones quickly extinguished any retirement talk and said he would meet with White and UFC c.