Stipe Miocic offers rare comment on Jon Jones fight as UFC 309 debate rages on - The heavyweight great will challenge incumbent champion Jones this month, while interim title holder Tom Aspinall waits

Sure, UFC could try protective eyewear, but no fighter’s signing up to throw head kicks in goggles. The real answer’s been sitting in front of them the whole time: fix the gloves, set firm penalties, and stop letting “accidents” dictate fights.

Although Abbott was the first fighter to wear the Harbinger glove, it is former UFC champion Tito Ortiz who takes credit for inventing the modern day UFC glove. “I’ll give you a better one and this is gonna be crazy, you know the UFC MMA gloves? I made those motherf——,” Ortiz said on the Jaxxon Podcast in 2023.

When: Saturday, Oct. 25. The eight-fight early preliminary card begins at 10 a.m. ET on ESPN+, Disney+, and FX. The five-fight main card begins at 2 p.m. ET exclusively on ESPN+ pay-per-view. To coin a cliché, this is Tom Aspinall’s fight to lose.

Former UFC champion Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson predicted Jon Jones’ game plan for the potential fight against Alex Pereira.

And snapping a recent light heavyweight trend of cautious displays of decision wins, Jones has been tipped by former foe Rampage Jackson to revert course to a safety-first approach if pitted with monstrous knockout star Pereira.

After a promising start to the UFC 321 headliner between Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane, an eye poke kept the heavyweight division in turmoil.