High-Profile UFC 309 Matchup Scrapped Due to Fight Night Medical Issue

A last-minute cancellation has cost UFC 309 one of the card’s most exciting opening bouts on fight night.

Taking place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, UFC 309 is headlined by a heavyweight title fight between defending champion Jon Jones and two-time titleholder Stipe Miocic.

UFC 309 Live Results and Highlights – Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic

The night’s PPV main card also boasts a lightweight co-main event that will see Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler meet for the second time, as well as a middleweight tilt between undefeated prospect Bo Nickal and Paul Craig, and one of the featured bouts at the event’s prelims were another middleweight contest between Chris Weidman and Eryk Anders.

A former UFC middleweight champion, Weidman scored his first win since 2020 when he defeated Bruno Silva in March before being matched with Anders in what many fans believed could be the 40-year-old’s retirement fight.

Both men successfully made weight ahead of the event, but when the UFC 309 broadcast began on Saturday night, the promotion announced that the middleweight bout was canceled due to a medical issue on Anders’ part.

“Ya Boi” was looking to score his second straight win in the fight with Weidman, and for now, fans will have to wait and see if the UFC chooses to reschedule the fight to another event before the end of the year.

UFC 309 Free Live Steam: Jones vs. Miocic, Chandler vs. Oliveira 2

The UFC 309 prelims still boast matchups like UFC record holder Jim Miller taking on Damon Jackson and Jonathan Martinez vs. Marcus McGhee, and all of the night’s action will lead up to the big main event title fight between Jones and Miocic.

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