Interim UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall weighed in for UFC 309 despite not featuring on the card and here's why. The UFC heavyweight championship clash between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic is set to headline Saturday's UFC 309 from New York City, New York.

Tom Aspinall probably won’t be fighting Saturday at Madison Square Garden. It’ll take either heavyweight champion Jon Jones or challenger Stipe Miocic to fall out of the fight on Friday or Saturday — these things happen in MMA — but even the Englishman serving as the backup fighter this weekend knows how unlikely it is.

From the files of having your cake and eating it, too, it has been difficult to come to terms with Jon Jones' self-narrative of late as the often reclusive UFC legend has resurfaced in the media cycle entering just his second bout in a span approaching five full years.

UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones has shared a blunt reason for why he has no interest in fighting interim titleholder Tom Aspinall after UFC 309.

The closer we get to Saturday's UFC 309 pay-per-view card inside New York's Madison Square Garden, the less we seem to be talking about the full-time firefighter and UFC legend who makes up one half of the main event.

UFC CEO Dana White made his first public remarks since Jon Jones's viral comments about Tom Aspinall during UFC 309 media day.

As Jon Jones heads towards his much-anticipated bout with Stipe Miocic, fans have turned their ire on the American following a callout from Tom Aspinall.