Heavyweight champion Jon Jones showed disconnected his champion Donald Trump content aft brutally dismantling Stipe Miocic successful the main lawsuit astatine UFC 309.
'Bones' successfully defended his heavyweight rubric for the archetypal clip against the MMA icon aft picking up the strap with a triumph implicit Ciryl Gane astatine UFC 285 past year. Jones and Miocic were owed to spell toe-to-toe past November, but 'Bones' was forced to retreat from the bout aft helium tore his pectoral tendon during training.
As for Miocic, it was the archetypal clip helium stepped ft wrong the cage successful 3 years aft helium suffered a devastating knockout to Francis Ngannou. Despite Jones' clip distant from the cage, it was vintage 'Bones' successful New York connected Saturday night. The opening circular saw the erstwhile light-heavyweight champion commencement connected the beforehand foot, mixing successful his attacks with a wide scope of kicks upstairs and to the body.
Towards the midway point, Jones was capable to instrumentality his rival down and onshore respective brutal elbows to the temple. The information that came successful importantly lighter for his combat with Miocic than helium did against Gane meant that 'Bones' would person the velocity advantage, and that proved to beryllium the case.
Miocic was precise laboured successful his attack to the 2nd round, failing to onshore thing important arsenic Jones was capable to perpetually use unit with his crisp jab and kicks to the body. Eventually, a gassed and bushed Stipe couldn't instrumentality anymore arsenic a brutal liver kicked dropped him successful the 3rd league before Jones finished the occupation successful style.
It's just to accidental that Jones was successful bully spirits aft the decorativeness arsenic helium was speedy to locomotion to the extremity of the cage and amusement disconnected his champion Donald Trump creation content close successful beforehand of the 45th - and soon to beryllium 47th - president. 'Bones' past gave him a brisk thumbs up, with Trump speedy to applaud the heavyweight king and springiness him a motion of approval.
Immediately aft the fight, Jones was anxious to code his future. Ahead of the UFC 309 bout, determination were concerns that helium would discontinue aft the Miocic clash. That said, helium has nary involvement successful calling it quits anytime soon. Speaking to Joe Rogan aft the main event, 'Bones' said: "I decided that possibly I volition not discontinue and that I person immoderate conversations to person with Dana and Hunter. We person immoderate negotiating to bash and if everything goes right, possibly we springiness you guys what we privation to see. I cognize that we person options truthful I'm conscionable going to spot what Uncle Dana wants and what Uncle Hunter wants and you guys volition perceive astir it soon, I'm sure."
Soon after, the 37-year-old gave a shoutout to the 47th president earlier doing different mentation of the Trump creation arsenic good arsenic getting a "USA" chant going. As for Miocic, the erstwhile champion revealed that the combat with Jones was his past successful the cage. "I'm done, I'm hanging them up. I'm retiring, convey God," helium said.