The event marked the promotion's eleventh visit to New York City and first since
UFC 295 in November 2023. A
UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between former champion (also a former two-time
UFC World Light Heavyweight Champion)
Jon Jones and former two-time world champion
Stipe Miocic headlined this event. They were previously expected to headline
UFC 295 last November, but Jones withdrew due to a
pectoral muscle injury. Interim champion at the time and current undisputed champion
Tom Aspinall served as backup and potential replacement for this fight. A five-round lightweight rematch between former
UFC World Lightweight Champion Charles Oliveira and former three-time
Bellator World Lightweight Champion (also a former UFC world lightweight title challenger)
Michael Chandler took place as the co-main event. The pairing previously met for the vacant championship at
UFC 262 in May 2021 which Oliveira won by second-round TKO. A welterweight bout between
Randy Brown and
Carlos Prates was scheduled for this event. However, Prates ended up being scheduled to headline
UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates against
Neil Magny a week earlier. A lightweight bout between
Maurício Ruffy and Charlie Campbell was scheduled for this event. However, Campbell withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by James Llontop. The pairing was also changed to a catchweight bout of 165 pounds. Llontop weighed in 1.2 lbs over the 165 lb catchweight limit and was fined 20 percent of his purse, which went to Ruffy. On November 6, two fighters pulled out of the event:
Azamat Murzakanov, who was scheduled to face
Nikita Krylov in a light heavyweight bout, withdrew for unknown reasons; and Lucas Almeida, who was expected to face
David Onama at featherweight, withdrew due to medical issues. Almeida was replaced by promotional newcomer Roberto Romero in a lightweight bout and no replacement was found for Krylov. A middleweight bout between former
UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman and former
LFA Middleweight Champion Eryk Anders was expected to take place at the event. However, Anders withdrew on the day of the event because of food poisoning the night before and the bout was scrapped. The bout was later rescheduled for
UFC 310 in a 195 lb catchweight bout. ==Results==