Fighters On The Rise | UFC 309: Jones vs Miocic

Each of the previous seven trips the UFC has made to Madison Square Garden has produced a breakout performance of one kind of another, and usually multiple on the same night.

The first event in 2016 not only saw Conor McGregor achieve “Champ-Champ” status, but also served as the moment future lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov truly arrived as a title contender. In the years since that massive debut show, the world’s most famous arena has served as the grand stage for Israel Adesanya proving he was a title threat, the debut of Ian Machado Garry, and current flyweight contender Erin Blanchfield running through Molly McCann.

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Over the last three years, The Garden…