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The UFC’s 13th and penultimate pay-per-view event of 2024 goes down Saturday in the “Big Apple.”
Here’s how to watch UFC 309 with the heavyweight title on the line at the top of the card at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Broadcast and streaming info
UFC 309 has a main card that begins at 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. PT) on pay-per-view (via ESPN+). The four-fight preliminary card airs on ESPNews, FX and Hulu at 8 p.m. ET. Three early prelims air on Hulu and stream on ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET.
Dan Hellie will host the official UFC 309 weigh-in show on Friday.
He’ll be joined by UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier, coach Din Thomas and Laura Sanko.
Former UFC title challengers Chael Sonnen and Anthony Smith, as well as retired lightweight contender Paul Felder will serve as a desk analysts on the UFC 309 post-fight show and throughout the card, when necessary. Brendan Fitzgerald will serve as the host.
Longtime UFC correspondent Megan Olivi will conduct pre and post-fight interviews backstage with some of the athletes on the UFC 309 card, as well as report additional real-time updates for the event.
Jon Anik will serve as the leading man on the mic from cageside at UFC 309.
He will command play-by-play alongside color commentators and UFC Hall of Famer Cormier and Joe Rogan.
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Main event: Jon Jones
Record: 27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC
Opponent: Stipe Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC)
Division: Heavyweight
Key wins: Ciryl Gane
Misc.: Won vacant heavyweight title with first-round submission of Ciryl Gane in March 2023. That was his debut at heavyweight after years as the light heavyweight champion. He’s been on the shelf with an injury till now.
Main event: Stipe Miocic
Record: 20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC
Opponent: Jon Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC)
Division: Heavyweight
Key wins: Daniel Cormier (twice), Francis Ngannou, Junior dos Santos, Alistair Overeem, Fabricio Werdum
Misc.: Lost the heavyweight title in March 2021 to Ngannou. Was set to fight Jones a year ago until Jones’ injury took him out. Miocic chose to wait for Jones’ return rather than fight, putting his current layoff at around 44 months. Prior to this, the longest Miocic ever had gone without a fight was 13 months.
Co-main event: Michael Chandler
Record: 23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC
Opponent: Charles Oliveira (34-10 MMA, 22-10 UFC)
Division: Lightweight
Key wins: Tony Ferguson, Dan Hooker
Misc.: Former Bellator champion has had mixed success in the UFC, including a knockout loss to Oliveira in a title fight that he’ll be trying to avenge as an underdog Saturday.
Co-main event: Charles Oliveira
Record: 34-10 MMA, 22-10 UFC
Opponent: Michael Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC)
Division: Lightweight
Key wins: Beneil Dariush, Justin Gaethje, Dustin Poirier, Chandler, Tony Ferguson
Misc.: Oliveira already has one win over Chandler – a knockout to win the vacant lightweight title in 2021. He defended it against Poirier and beat Gaethje – but in a fight for which he missed weight and was stripped of the belt. After a loss to new champ Islam Makhachev, he rebounded against Dariush, but lost a likely title eliminator to Arman Tsarukyan in April.
UFC 309 main card betting odds
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Jon Jones (-625) vs. Stipe Miocic (+455) – for heavyweight title
- Michael Chandler (+205) vs. Charles Oliveira (-250)
- Paul Craig (+700) vs. Bo Nickal (-1100)
- Viviane Araujo (+220) vs. Karine Silva (-270)
- James Llontop (+550) vs. Mauricio Ruffy (-800)
UFC 309 prelim betting odds
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews/FX/Hulu, 8 p.m. ET)
- Jonathan Martinez (+120) vs. Marcus McGhee (-140)
- Eryk Anders (-120) vs. Chris Weidman (+100)
- Damon Jackson (-180) vs. Jim Miller (+150)
- David Onama (-1000) vs. Roberto Romero (+600)
UFC 309 early prelim betting odds
PRELIMINARY CARD (Hulu/ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Jhonata Diniz (+125) vs. Marcin Tybura (-150)
- Ramiz Brahimaj (+120) vs. Mickey Gall (-140)
- Bassil Hafez (-+230) vs. Oban Elliott (-285)
- Veronica Hardy (-150) vs. Eduarda Moura (+125)
