For the second year in a row, the UFC has booked Jon Jones to defend the UFC heavyweight title against ex-two-time champ Stipe Miocic at the Garden.
For the second year in a row, the UFC has booked Jon Jones to defend the UFC heavyweight title against former two-time champ Stipe Miocic for its annual Madison Square Garden event, UFC CEOZuffa LLC via Getty Images
White has been steadfast in ensuring Jones vs. Miocic was rebooked as the champion’s first fight after surgery to repair the injury, and signs had indicated the fight would, in fact, come to the Garden after all even before White’s confirmation in the hours leading up to UFC 306 on Saturday at The Sphere in Las Vegas.
England’s Aspinall won the interim title, which was created to fill a hole on the UFC 295 marquee after Jones’ injury, at the Garden last Nov. 11 when he knocked out heavy-hitting Russian Sergei Pavlovich in the first round. The Manchester native made a successful defense of his interim title in July when he knocked out Curtis Blaydes in Round 1.
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