Jon Jones’ first defense of his UFC heavyweight championship may just come in his hometown.
UFC president Dana White confirmed following UFC on ESPN 44 over the weekend that he’s targeting a title fight between Jones (27-1) and former champion Stipe Miocic (20-4) for the company’s annual November card in Madison Square Garden.
“As far as I know everything is good and hopefully we have a fight with him and Stipe very soon,” White told reporters during the post-fight news conference. “That’s where we’d like to do it.”
Jones hinted during Saturday’s card that he wants to fight Miocic in New York. The fight was initially believed to be targeted for UFC 290 in Las Vegas during International Fight Week in July.
