UFC 309, wanda aka gudanar a ranar Sabtu, Novemba 16, a Madison Square Garden a New York City, ta zama abin da aka fi sani a duniyar Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) a yanzu. A wannan taron, Jon Jones, wanda ake ganin shi a matsayin daya daga cikin mafiya kowa a tarihin UFC, zai hamata Stipe Miocic, tsohon zakaran heavyweight, don taken heavyweight.
Jon Jones, wanda yake da shekaru 37, ya yi nasarar lashe taken heavyweight a shekarar 2023 bayan ya doke Ciryl Gane, amma ya kasance ba a yi fa’ida daga shi ba saboda tsawon lokacin da ya yi inactivity. A gefe guda, Stipe Miocic, wanda yake da shekaru 42, bai yi fafi ba tun shekarar 2020, lokacin da aka doke shi by Francis Ngannou[3].
Kalubale a kan gaba tsakanin Jones da Miocic ya jawo hankalin manyan masu kalubale da masu sha’awar wasanni. Dukkanin ‘yan wasa biyu sun tabbatar da cewa wannan taron zai iya zama na karshe a aikin su, amma sun yi kasa su amince da hakan.
Mahalarta taron sun yi hasashen nasarar Jon Jones, saboda saurin sa na yanzu da kuma horon da yake yi tare da manyan masu horo na wrestling da jiu-jitsu. Dukkanin mahalarta sun yi imani da cewa Jones zai iya doke Miocic ta hanyar submission ko ground-and-pound, saboda saurin sa na yanzu da kuma horon da yake yi[4].
Taron UFC 309 zai fara da sa’a 10pm ET (7pm PT) a ranar Sabtu, Novemba 16, kuma zai watsa ta hanyar ESPN+ PPV. Kalubalen da ke cikin co-main event sun hada da Charles Oliveira vs Michael Chandler da Bo Nickal vs Paul Craig, wanda zai sa taron zama abin da aka fi sani a duniyar MMA[3].
