Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic will finally battle for the UFC Heavyweight Championship in the main event of UFC 309 in New York City – a fight the MMA community is eager to see so the division can move forward.

Watch MMA fights UFC 309 timeline video for an in-depth look at how both headliners arrived at the pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden this weekend.

Jones defends the heavyweight title for the first time since capturing the championship nearly two years ago with a quick submission victory over Ciryl Gane at UFC 285. “Bones” is a multi-time light heavyweight champion, and his run at 205 pounds has been the ups and downs both inside and outside the octagon are covered in the story leading up to Saturday’s main event.

Miocic’s layoff will last twice as long as he returns to the Octagon after being brutally knocked out by Francis Ngannou at UFC 260 nearly four years ago. The 42-year-old is fighting for the first time since stopping Junior dos Santos at UFC 211 in May 2017 against a fighter not named Ngannou or Daniel Cormier.

Will the winner of the UFC 309 main event face interim champion Tom Aspinall to unify the titles? Will this be the last octagon walk for Jones and Miocic?