UFC 309 saw the return of heavyweight champion Jon Jones, who successfully returned from a 20-month layoff to defend his title with a third-round TKO of Stipe Miocic, who was coming off an even longer layoff of more than three-and-a-half years. The fight headlined the pay-per-view event at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Daniel Cormier thinks Jon Jones showed that he's levels above Stipe Miocic at UFC 309. Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) retained his heavyweight title by finishing Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) with a spinnin

UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones took a DNA test to ascertain his ancestral background and it showed that he is more of an African man than any other affiliation.