UFC 309: Jon Jones stops Stipe Miocic to retain heavyweight title in front of Donald Trump

Jones dropped Miocic successful the 3rd circular to cement his stats arsenic 1 of the top mixed martial artists of each time.

With American president-elect Trump watching octagon-side, 37-year-old American Jones imitated his campaign-trail creation arsenic helium celebrated.

Trump sat alongside Elon Musk and immoderate of his furniture picks.

Jones looked afloat successful power passim the main lawsuit astatine Madison Square Garden and finished Miocic with a spinning backmost footwear to the assemblage that near him connected the canvas clutching his ribs.

“That assemblage changeable man, nary substance however pugnacious you are, the liver's the liver,” a jubilant Jones said successful the cage pursuing his victory.

After a cautious opening minute, Jones took Miocic down with a superbly timed travel and trapped him earlier raining down elbows arsenic helium dominated the remainder of the round.

Keen not to get taken down again, Miocic was hesitant arsenic helium tried to negociate the distance, but Jones was capable to measurement strikes to the assemblage from his southpaw stance to support Miocic connected the backmost foot.

Miocic enjoyed immoderate occurrence aboriginal successful the 3rd round, but erstwhile again Jones was capable to enactment retired the puzzle, connecting with a mates of punches precocious successful the circular earlier his originative rotating footwear ended the bout.

In the aftermath, 42-year-old erstwhile champion Miocic said helium was retiring from the sport.

In the co-main event, Brazil's Charles Oliveira defeated Michael Chandler by unanimous determination to enactment his sanction backmost successful contention for a ace astatine the lightweight rubric helium was stripped of for missing value successful May 2022.

Additional reporting: Reuters