UFC 309 Results: Jones Stops Miocic in Round Three
UFC 309 took place at Madison Square Garden in New York on November 16, 2024. The card was headlined by a heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic, with former lightweight champions Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler meeting in the co-main event.
Jones stopped Miocic in the third round
Jones retained the heavyweight championship with a TKO at 4:29 of Round 3, finishing Miocic with a spinning back kick and follow-up punches. The win was Jones’s first title defense since winning the heavyweight belt in 2023.
Oliveira won the co-main event
Oliveira defeated Chandler by unanimous decision in their five-round lightweight rematch. UFC’s event coverage records both results and the official scorecards. The UFC also scheduled public fight-week activities in New York ahead of the card.
Sources: UFC 309 event page; UFC official results and scorecards; UFC public fan-events schedule.
The lightweight rematch over five rounds
Oliveira’s victory came by scores of 49–46, 49–46 and 49–45. He used extended spells of top control early, then continued threatening from Chandler’s back as the fight progressed. Chandler created a late scare in the fifth round, but Oliveira recovered and reached the final horn with the decision secured on all three cards.
The contrast with the heavyweight main event gave the top of the card two distinct conclusions: Jones finished before the championship rounds, while Oliveira completed twenty-five minutes in a non-title co-main event.
Other main-card winners
Bo Nickal defeated Paul Craig by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the middleweight bout 30–27. Viviane Araujo beat Karine Silva by scores of 29–28 across the board, and Mauricio Ruffy earned the same three scores against James Llontop. Those results supplied the rest of the main card beneath the two featured matchups and form part of the official UFC 309 record.
