Jon Jones continued his dominant MMA run at UFC 309﷽.
Virtually unbeaten in his MMA career that is actively winding down, the UFC Heavyweight Champion Jones successfully defended against a Stipe Miocic that realistically already saw his career wind down.
Miocic's first fight in nearly four years, the UFC broadcast tried to convince its au🗹dience that was actually a good thing. It wasn't.
Jones easily controlled the first round with a trip takedown and filthy elbows. He pointed🍷 his way through round two, and finished Miocic with a spinning back kick in round 3. That called for the end of Stipe M🗹iocic, and got Jones the win. Afterwards, he turned towards President-elect Donald Trump and did the "Trump dance."
JON. BONES. JONES. -- defends his title with a𝔉 TKO in round 3!
— UFC (@ufc)
Jon Jones stated after the fight that he wasn't retiring and would negotiate with the UFC for his next fight. The two primary options being current UFC Light Heavyဣweight Champion and former middleweight champ Alex Pereira, or interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall. Jones spent the week avoiding questions about Aspinall, and alienating reporters who associate with Aspinall.
The Champ's not done yet ----
— UFC (@ufc)
After the bout, Miocic announced his retirement at 42-years old. He'd not competed in over three years, and not won in over four, but prior to that was the most decorated UFC Heavyweight Champion of all-time. Miocic holds ꧒the UFC record for consecutive heavyweight title defenses, overall heavyweight title defenses, and overall heavyweight title fight wins. His resume includes wins over Daniel Cormier, Francis Ngannou, Junior dos Santos, Alistair Overeem, Fabricio Werdum, Andrei Arlovski and Phil De Fries, the latter of which has defended the KSW Title 11 times in a row. Miocic retires with a 20-5 pro record.
Else♋where on the show, future UFC Hall of Famers squared off as Cha൩rles Oliveira took home a unanimous decision victory over Michael Chandler in a fun and not remotely competitive bout. After the fight, Chandler called out Conor McGregor "if he could get his house in order."
DOMINANCE FROM DO BRONXS po🍸wers throu♔gh five rounds for the decision!
— UFC (@ufc)
UFC 309 took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City on November 9. In addition to Donald Trump, Elon Musk and other fiꦅgures, WWE's Triple H and Stephanie McMahon were at the show. UFC and WWE have t💯he same parent company, TKO.
Full results
- UFC Heavyweight Title: Jon Jones (c) def. Stipe Miocic via third-round TKO (body kick)
- Charles Oliveira def. Michael Chandler via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-45)
- Bo Nickal def. Paul Craig via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Viviane Araujo def. Karine Silva via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Mauricio Ruffy def. James Llontop via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Marcus McGhee def. Jonathan Martinez via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Jim Miller def. Damon Jackson via first-round submission (guillotine choke)
- David Onama def. Roberto Romero via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Marcin Tybura def. Jhonata Diniz via second-round TKO (doctor stoppage)
- Raminz Brahimaj def. Mickey Gall via first-round knockout (punches)
- Oban Elliott def. Bassil Hafez via third-round knockout (punches)
- Eduarda Moura def. Veronica Hardy via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
