Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic handed UFC suspensions after heavyweight world title fight

'Bones' successfully defended the heavyweight rubric for the archetypal clip with a ascendant triumph implicit Miocic - who announced his status from the athletics pursuing the defeat

Jon Jones has been fixed a abbreviated aesculapian suspension aft the New York State Athletic Commission handed down the mandatory lay-offs for each jock who competed astatine UFC 309.

'Bones' successfully defended his heavyweight rubric for the archetypal clip against Stipe Miocic aft picking up the strap with a triumph implicit Ciryl Gane astatine UFC 285 past year. From the archetypal round, Jones was speedy disconnected the blocks and was capable to found immoderate aboriginal momentum. The velocity displayed by the American appeared to drawback Miocic disconnected defender - who struggled to find immoderate rhythm.

Towards the midway constituent of the opening 5 minutes, Jones was capable to instrumentality his rival down and onshore respective brutal elbows to the temple. Miocic was precise dilatory successful his attack passim the fight, failing to onshore thing important arsenic Jones was capable to perpetually use unit with his crisp jab and kicks to the body. Eventually, a bushed Stipe couldn't instrumentality anymore harm arsenic a brutal liver kicked dropped him successful the 3rd circular before Jones finished the occupation successful style.

Jones was successful bully spirits pursuing the triumph astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York. The 37-year-old was speedy to locomotion implicit to the other extremity of the cage and show disconnected his champion Donald Trump impression successful beforehand of the 45th - soon to beryllium 47th - president.

Following the triumph successful the 'Big Apple', Jones was handed a 7 days mandatory remainder by the New York State Athletic Commission as reported by MMA Fighting. As for Miocic, the erstwhile heavyweight champion took a just spot of harm successful the combat and has been fixed a 60-day suspension. However, that won't substance to Miocic astatine all, who announced his status from the athletics aft the fight. “I’m done,” helium said. “I’m hanging them up. I’m retiring. Thank God.” Miocic past took to Instagram and described his last combat arsenic "the cleanable ending."

"Let maine commencement this station by saying I americium good," helium wrote. "[I have] been done a batch worse. I anticipation everybody enjoyed the amusement connected Saturday. What an unthinkable mode [to] spell out! I started this travel warring successful section bowling alleys [and] ended it selling retired Madison Square Garden. It genuinely doesn’t get amended than that.

"Sorry I don’t get the [win], but you can’t get 'em all. Sometimes it’s not your night, that is the quality of the beast. You can’t program a cleanable ending successful this sport. But I conjecture the cleanable ending is to person been fortunate capable to bash it astatine all. You each person fixed maine truthful much, and I anticipation I did you each proud. I felt each of you with maine astatine each battle."

The co-main lawsuit saw Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler enactment connected a blockbuster display. While the Brazilian dominated the bulk of the lightweight rematch, it was Chandler who precise astir got the decorativeness successful the last circular earlier going connected to suffer connected points. Both men person been handed a 30 time suspension by the NYSAC.