What began last November as a simple two-man contest over the undisputed heavyweight championship has splintered into a quagmire involving three champions across two weight classes.
Indeed, UFC 309 headliner Jon Jones on Saturday was set to, at last, defend his UFC heavyweight crown against Stipe Miocic at Madison Square Garden — as was the plan a year ago, before a torn pectoral muscle shelved the champion.
But that left interim champion Tom Aspinall, who won his title at the Garden last year when the UFC created it to fill the void left by losing Jones-Miocic, twisting in the wind to not just find out who holds the other belt but whether either man is interested in facing him next.
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