Did the UFC Mess Up Jones vs. Miocic?

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🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

On Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, UFC 309 will take place, and the main event will be the long-delayed match between arguably the greatest of all time in Jon Jones and possibly the greatest heavyweight of all time in Stipe Miocic. Even though these two are getting all the hype, there are still plenty of questions. Is this the fight everyone wants to see? What do these two fighters have to prove? When it’s over, will these two legends fight anymore or walk away with their legacies? And what about interim champion, Tom Aspinall? Where does he fit into all this drama? To clear all this up, our combat sports expert Andreas Hale joins us to break down everything we should be watching for Saturday night and why – when it’s all said and done – we still might have more questions than answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Andreas, when was the last time you got all ready for some of you were looking forward to and then at the last minute it gets canceled?
0:08.7	Man, that's a good question.
0:10.8	The last time I got ready for something that got canceled, I would have to say like a date in high school.
0:15.9	Uh-oh.
0:16.8	Doesn't feel good, man.
0:18.1	You get all dressed up.
0:19.7	You think you're going to take your girl out.
0:21.5	And then she ghost you.
0:23.6	That sucks.
0:25.2	I can imagine that that young lady is listening to ESPN Daily right now,
0:29.4	ruining the moment that she ghosted the great Andreas Hale.
0:36.1	Many fans felt the way you felt in high school when the supposed UFC 295 main event between John Jones and Stipe Miyich was canceled.
0:45.5	Do you remember how you felt when that news was announced?
0:48.6	And did you see this fight happening exactly a year later?
0:51.8	It didn't feel as bad as I got ghosted in high school.
0:54.6	I'll tell you that much because it was a fight that I didn't actually really want to see at the time that it was
1:00.9	announced. And now that Steppe Miotis is 42 when John Jones, who was the greatest mixed martial
1:06.1	artists of all time, ever booked this fight a year later, I'm still kind of on the same thing where it's
1:12.1	happening, but it's not necessarily the fight that I want to see.
1:25.0	On Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, UFC 309 will take place, and the headliner
1:31.5	will be the long-delayed match between arguably the greatest of all time in John Jones
1:36.5	and possibly the greatest heavyweight of all time in Steepay-Miochich.
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