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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Pattle

Jon Jones gives Tom Aspinall good and bad news with title update ahead of UFC 309

Jon Jones has simultaneously given Tom Aspinall good and bad news ahead of UFC 309, where “Bones” will defend the heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic.

Jones, a former two-time light-heavyweight champion, won the vacant heavyweight belt in March 2023 and was due to defend it against Miocic last November. But a torn pectoral muscle forced Jones out of that bout, delaying it by a year.

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