Jon Jones calls UFC 309 'biggest moment of my life' after KO, doing Trump's dance move

UFC prima Jon Jones solidified himself, if helium hadn’t already, arsenic the champion pound-for-pound MMA combatant successful the satellite connected Saturday nighttime with a TKO of Stipe Miocic.

Jones delivered a spinning footwear to Miocic’s gut, causing the Ohio autochthonal to autumn down. Jones finished the occupation and picked up the win, retaining the UFC Heavyweight Championship. Jones past deed President-elect Trump’s dance move and handed the loop to him afterward.

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President-elect Trump greets Jon Jones aft helium defeated Stipe Miocic astatine UFC 309 astatine Madison Square Garden, aboriginal Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, successful New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

He called the nighttime 1 of the astir memorable of his career, on with wins implicit Stephan Bonnar and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua.

"… And contiguous was incredibly special," helium said, via MMA Fighting. "Finishing (Daniel Cormier) is up determination too. Stephan Bonnar was the archetypal prima that I fought arsenic a young man. Everybody astir maine told maine that I was nary 1 and that I couldn’t bash it and I had to truly enactment connected meditation and bringing up my self-esteem for the archetypal clip to bushed Stephan Bonnar. Mauricio ‘Shogun’ taught maine that I could beryllium great. Kid from a tiny down, ne'er large astatine anything, I became a champion. D.C., it was conscionable precise personal.

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Jon Jones sits connected the cage aft defeating Stipe Miocic successful a UFC 309 mixed martial arts heavyweight rubric bout, aboriginal connected Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, successful New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

"And tonight, contiguous is the biggest infinitesimal of my life. To speech astir Jesus successful beforehand of our president and fto the satellite cognize however genuinely arrogant I americium to beryllium an American champion, it felt awesome, man. To decorativeness Stipe, it felt awesome."

Jones mentioned earlier successful the property league if the Miocic triumph would beryllium the past combat of his career. He’s said helium wanted to instrumentality connected Alex Pereira adjacent implicit Tom Aspinall and was looking for fights against experienced competitors alternatively than up-and-comers.

Jon Jones reacts aft defeating Stipe Miocic aboriginal connected Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, successful New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

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"If it doesn’t align up, past professing my emotion for Jesus successful beforehand of everybody contiguous and telling the satellite however arrogant I americium to beryllium an American champion and warring successful beforehand of my president, man, if that was my past combat ever, I’m chill with that. That was the mode to bash it. I did the ‘Donald Trump’ (dance)… that was the mode to bash it."

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