Whether Jon Jones is using the leverage of retirement to up his price for future bouts, or has run out of opponents that excite him, or is seriously contemplating the end of his career, it's clear his heavyweight title fight against longtime former champion Stipe Miocic on Saturday is likely one of the final times we'll see Jones (27-1,

One of the greatest fighters in MMA history returns on Saturday night as Jon Jones defends his heavyweight championship against two-time former champion Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 309. Jones is making the first defense of the title he won with a first-round submission of Cyril Gane at UFC 285 in March of 2023.

Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic finally arrives on Nov. 16 at UFC 309. Sitting atop the 13-fight card, all-time MMA great Jones makes his long-awaited first defense of the UFC heavyweight title against another future Hall of Famer, former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, at New York's legendary Madison Square Garden.