6 days Ago By Jamie Theodosi
This Saturday in the UFC 309 main event, Jon Jones successfully defended his heavyweight title in his controversial comeback against former champion Stipe Miocic. When the UFC 309 main event was announced, Jon Jones received criticism from the UFC fanbase due to the little interest in seeing Stipe Miocic return straight into an undisputed title fight following three years away from the cage. Despite that, anticipation began to build during fight week as things began to get relatively heated between the two heavyweights.
Jon Jones gives a definitive answer on retirement following UFC 309 win over Stipe Miocic Ahead of the UFC 309 main event, both Jones and Miocic hinted at potential retirement, covering the fight in even more controversy. However, during fight week, the 37-year-old champion hinted at the potential of a super-fight against the UFC light heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira . This of course didn’t sit well with the fanbase who began to label Jones as a ‘duck’ as he seemingly continued to push away any prospect of facing interim champion, Tom Aspinall .
At the UFC 309 pre-fight press conference, UFC CEO Dana White claimed that the winner’s next fight would have to come against Aspinall, halting any of Jones’ plans of fighting the Brazilian superstar. The consensus greatest fighter of all time went on to make easy work of the 42-year-old Miocic, finishing him with a spinning back-kick to the body in round three. Following his win, Jones sparked some hope into the fanbase, stating that he likely won’t retire and that he will look to begin negotiations with the UFC for a potential title unification fight against Aspinall.
CONOR COMEBACK: Michael Chandler reverts back to Conor McGregor callout following UFC 309 loss to Charles Oliveira “As far as my future in the Octagon, I decided that maybe I will not retire and that I have some conversations that I have to have with Dana (White) and Hunter (Campbell) and we have some negotiating to do,” Jones told Joe Rogan in his Octagon interview. “And if everything goes right, maybe we’ll give you guys what you want to see,” he continued. Stipe Miocic announces his retirement following loss to Jones Although Jones announced his plans to stick around and fight another day, Miocic revealed shortly after his devastating and disappointing performance that he is retiring from the sport.
“I’m done. I’m hanging them up, I’m retiring, thank God,” Stipe told Joe Rogan. Miocic will go down as one of the greatest UFC heavyweights of all time, still holding the record for the most amount of consecutive title defenses in the division with three.
Someone else who did congratulate ‘Bones’ for his win, was former UFC champion, Francis Ngannou . ‘The Predator’ took to social media to congratulate Jones despite their differences, stating that ‘Jones looked great out there’. MCGREGOR COMPARISON: ‘He looks like a giant Conor’.
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