2024 UFC event schedule: Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic, Petr Yan vs. Deiveson Figueiredo on tap to close year [Video]

Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic meet in Madison Square Garden one year after their overdue dream match was intended to take place. The UFC heavyweight title is at stake when two of the promotion’s most dominant champions collide in their potential swan songs at UFC 309 on Saturday.

Jones and Miocic are the most successful UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight champions, respectively. Jones moved up a division and captured the heavyweight title last year. Now 37, he makes his first heavyweight title defense against the division’s most decorated champion, 42-year-old Miocic. Both men have suggested they’d retire in New York City. A five-round co-main event between Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler is also scheduled. Oliveira previously defeated Chandler in 2021 to win the vacant lightweight title.

The promotion heads to Macau, China one week later. Headlining the card is a meeting of former champions on the cusp …