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live from the Mecca in New York New York
it is time for the main event for UFC
309 Jones versus Miaic ufc 309 is
presented by Wing Stop wingstop bring
the flavor and by DraftKings Sports both
the official sports book of UFC the
crown is yours
all right heavyweight rankings are
brought to you by Vchain the official
blockchain of UFC we have two champions
in this division right now jon Jones
with the C tom Aspenol with the interim
C stipe Mic has not fought since 2021 as
such he's got the number eight next to
his name he's trying to take out the
greatest of all time here tonight inside
the world's most famous arena and now
introducing his opponent fighting out of
the red corner a look at the new fighter
holding a professional record 27 wins
one loss one no contest he stands 6'4 in
tall weighing in at 237 and 12 lbs
fighting out of Albuquerque New Mexico
by way of New York he is the former UFC
light heavyweight champion and the
reigning defending
undisputed
UFC heavyweight champion of the world
the one the only
Johnny
B
all right gentlemen we've been over the
rules protect yourself at all times
follow my instructions we will have a
clean fight touch gloves let's do this
stipe Mitchic's layoff dates to 2021
tonight he competes in front of a crowd
dc remarkably for the first time since
you guys fought in Anaheim back in
August of 2019
wow jon Jones on every MMA Mount
Rushmore that is out there
stipe on Sun
he can be on all if he can take out the
greatest of all time here tonight let's
fight all right heavyweight Championship
is on the line stipe Miaic is in the all
black shawn Jones counters in the black
with Rick
good right hand counter by Nichk
i thought Jones was going to shoot there
but he didn't he threw that straight
left hand
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inside leg kick now for Miaic
lot of hand fighting here early
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nice inside kick there by Jones
manic presses forward partially lands a
right hand jones with the jab steep
looks big he looks very big he looks
very big and he looks composed in there
jones did a really good job with two
kicks to the body that's going to really
help him against Mioic don't get back up
don't get back up you hear Marcus
Marinelli telling Cipe not to get backed
up they've talked all week about
inactivity
nightmare what a take down for Johnny
Bones beautiful beautiful job by John
big elbow from the top by John let's see
if Steve can get up he's got a big elbow
by John beautiful job by Jones trick Neo
there with that taked down little back
trick allowed him to take Stipe down now
Jones has got to get to the ground and
pound here oh nice shot by Bones
big shots by Jon from the top
deep trying to control him
john is one of the last guys you want on
top of you not early either you got to
get up jon Jones has unbelievable
grounding power he does a good job of
finding those shots and tight that can
cut you
those elbows
oh big elbow another one big elbows by
John
cb's got to figure out a way to defend
himself with half the round to go he's
got to get to an under try to get to a
hip
maybe give his back
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a lot of pundits felt as though Jones
would be able to get me down so quick
nasty grabbing and pound by John
beautiful elbow
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john's in side control now
stem's trying to work his way back up to
his feet but John's going to get his
back
oh another nasty elbow oh he's a big
nasty elbow here
oh man oh major elbows from Jones here
stem trying to punch from the bottom
this is ill advised oh you don't need a
punch you got to try to get up oh nice
another one another big one i'm not sure
really enjoyed that offering motric is
not controlling the posture of Jones
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he's got to pull him back into it to not
allow John to do this right john does a
really good job of creating space to
land his ground and pound
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yes cb can only take so many of these
before he gets cut i'm surprised he's
not cut already
yeah some blood on his foot nothing up
top
well CB got him into guard at least now
that'll protect him a little bit a
little bit
but John is very effective at ground
even from this position yeah we've seen
time and time again show really put it
on guys from their guard
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to share Brandon Vera a lot of past
victims can speak to those elbows bones
posturing up here
offering advice to Jones
20 seconds left for Miotic to try to
survive the round jones needs to get
some more big shots off on him
he's attacking the Kamura looks like he
wanted to at least
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oh big elbows late in the round
huge elbow man huge elbow
all Jones in round one
finally cut him open
all right here we go round two every
mixed martial arts round begins on the
feet
jones got to be ready to do it again
though
certainly a 108 for Jones in round one
dominant round one by Jones
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mia just a little flatfooted here early
round two nice with the left hand yep
neiot is waiting and that's partly due
to the fact that he got taken down and
he wasn't able to get up beautiful jab
there by Jo oh nice uppercut from
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Get on your corner a little bit
you got to work this up when he goes
back
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hands up tight
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there you go
turn that switch that right hand Jones
with eyes fixed on the body
attacking that belt line of Miaic keep
moving keep moving that's it let's go
baby speed right hand up let's go
get your hands up those body shots that
Jones throws are so important to his
overall attack right just being able to
get a guy's hands down
stipe looks slow winging his punches
well he's definitely beat up from that
first round see how he flinched to the
body there too anticipating the kick
that front kick is nasty
oh beautiful counter from Jones very
nice
that line was low it didn't seem low
nope it did not seem low and if I'm
Jones I'm going back to that
just standing
jones has got him watching now
yeah we just Yeah above the belt the
belt line for right at the belt line yep
we we caught it in our isolation monitor
beautiful kick by Jones yeah it's not a
good sign that Stipe was saying it was
low
nice inside low kick by John
he will attack every inch of him
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jones slipping his head out the center
line
stipe looks hesitant to close the
distance
oh nice knee to the body by Jones there
must be something in there that Jones
landed they got some big respect from
Miaic
i think it's the shots to the body
that's it that's it
oh nice jab
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good right hand will not force the issue
steep's coaches are yelling not to stop
once he lands mia will land one shot and
then he goes back to backing up he needs
to be pressing Jones well you have to
think of his inactivity he's been out
for so long and this is such a
highprofile fight with high level fight
yes hey you got to pull up and you got
to fill the gap afterwards you got to
fill the gap afterwards
his coaches are telling him the right
thing but I just don't know that he
feels comfortable doing it because of
the damage he has to go through to get
to where he needs to be
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head kick for Jones gets through
partially
hey don't let him get in control
keep on going
wideeyed and without answers here nice
inside look and steep seems a step
behind on the feet there's a nice kick
to the body again john's beating up that
body starting to tee up on him
look at that look at that
30 seconds i mean CB's quarters yell is
go oh spinning back kick to the body it
seems like even when Stipe is hitting
him he's like barely reaching
he's not quite closing the gap
let's go let's go let's go
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johnny Bones dominant through two
this does not look like the Vietic
though thrice fought Daniel Cormier
and a real joy to watch these corner men
brandon Gibson and Greg Jackson feel
like a lot of Jon Jones's weaponry could
be open here round three
jones's jab looks really good
steipe with a right hand
that's what coach wanted coach wanted
him to stay forward
[Applause]
john just looks faster way faster than
faster
and Stipe looks slower than he used to
look
nice uppercut by Mu yep jones
acknowledged that and the right hand
move
your feet move your feet
jones
this is what Jones needs to keep him
doing though backing up and doing that
yep at this range Jones can really pick
him apart
stipe throwing very few kicks it's when
Stipe blitzes him that Jones has to go
into full-on retreat mode because he
doesn't want to deal with the pressure
art of power nice elbow from Jones and
now Oh nice right hand
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ste hesitant to pull the trigger that
hurt big right hand
that right hand hurt Steve
shoulder strike from Jones and Johnny
Bones has not had a lot of octagon time
over the last five years he's looking
sharp as attack here early on he looks
really good he is picking Stipe Mitch
apart steipe is waiting on him yep and
he's allowing John to set things up like
that
he's looking for openings that aren't
coming
leave the dance a little bit more slide
on your angle let's go
hands up be careful move your head hey
Get your get your hands off no no no cb
just looks so stiff when he's trying to
close the distance
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just all these weapons right you don't
see this in heavyweight in most
instances it's all these kicks the knees
question mark kicks then a jab most
heavyweights don't throw all that it's a
lot of power stuff
and even when Cipe throws one kick right
there it's like halfhearted right
doesn't have anything behind it there's
a nice left hand
we mentioned some blood on the right
foot of Mia in round one it seems like
there's some cut not sure the extent to
which it's having an impact but he is
not moving well tonight he's 42 also
right i fought at 41 you know at times
it things just don't work like they used
to yeah and you wonder tonight Steipe is
learning that being away all this time
is being 42 sometimes things just don't
work
but again he's still trying to fight
but it's just like he can't get out of
the way of stuff like that and if he's
not getting out of the way of that
John's just going to keep chipping away
at him from the outside again it's just
right here right he's standing at a
range that Jones is just the best in the
world at this kicking range
there's no one like him
oh clean left hand
stipe showing off that historically
great chin but it's the speed difference
is very evident
jones greetsic with a punch on the way
in
that's a good left hand by Stipe and
he's landed some big right hands this
round but Jones rolling with them well
Stipe has hit him more this round than
he did in round one and two come on
big kick to the body by John
oh we heard heard to the body that's it
still
how good is Shotty Bones how good wow
he did the Trump dance
he did the Trump dance
spinning back kick to the body spinning
back kick followed by the Trump dance
wow the greatest mixed martial arts
fighter of all time adding to his
appreciable legacy by knocking out the
most decorated heavyweight champion to
ever do it steipe Mia in round three
that was beautiful it was a great
performance from start to finish just
strategically breaking Stipe down left
Stipe with no answers let's Let's be
honest about this though jon looked very
good stipe did not he looked slow he
looked like he was having a hard time
closing the gap now how much of that was
what Jon was doing to him and how much
of it was what does Stipe have left in
the tank yes yes i mean that right hand
spinning back kick to the body oh right
to the rib cage
and just crumpled and as tough as Steep
is when a guy like that goes down you
know that had to shatter some ribs i
mean this is beautiful look at this
tucked under all heel right to the ribs
nasty
unbelievable performance by I mean a
shut out pitched a shut out against what
we thought was probably going to be his
biggest test fantastic
body especially in this weight class
yeah I expected it to be tougher it
looked like a heavyweight but moved like
a light heavyweight and I think that's
the 235 lb weight that's the key right
having been at a weight class that you
can compete in the way that people are
familiar with well it was always the
word in the gym that he was throwing
around heavyweights when he was a light
heavyweight and you know he kept that
light heavyweight speed but man just
dominated tonight
john Bones Jones it is his world in
mixed martial arts we're just living in
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tonight here's Bruce ladies and
gentlemen referee Herd Dean has called a
stop in this contest at 4 minutes 29
seconds of round number three declared
the winner by TKO
and
still
the undisputed
UFC
heavyweight champion of the world
Johnny
ladies and gentlemen I'm with the
greatest of all time Jon Jones once
again you did it again defending your
title against the most accomplished
heavyweight I've of ever you just said
to me he's good yeah he's really really
good he's really tough he's really
durable i was hitting him with some
pretty decent shots and man he just kept
coming forward i know a lot of guys have
fought against D before and we all have
that in common it was like fighting
against the Terminator very very uh
discouraging to hit somebody that's not
reacting to it but that body shot man no
matter how tough you are delivers the
liver well it was on the other side but
let's take a look at it it was a
beautiful shot you hit him with your
left kick spinning back kick to the body
perfectly placed on the rib cage i mean
you hit him with a lot of body kicks in
this fight was that something that you
had planned on coming in yeah absolutely
everyone knows that Stee Motic isn't the
biggest heavyweight but he always comes
lean and he always comes in great cardio
shape and uh I mean I've watched him
have wars with Daniel Cormier and and uh
a lot of guys where they just rock them
suck them he he doesn't react much to
getting punched in the face so our plan
was to try to attack the body a little
bit more i was hoping to get him out in
the first round but he hung in there
john this is a another milestone for you
you've now defended the heavyweight
title there's been all this talk about
the future as to whether or not you'll
fight a super fight with Alex Pereira
whether or not you would fight Tom
Aspenol whether you retire after this
fight i know we'd all love to see you
keep going
how do you feel right now you know what
while I got the moment while everybody's
cheering and so happy I want to
acknowledge Jesus Christ
i I tell you what man
i I cannot take credit for a gift like
this man i really owe it all to him and
I know that there's millions of people
around the world watching right now and
I just want to let you guys know that
Jesus loves you so much that that's all
I'll say about that
uh and as far as my future in the
octagon
I you know I decided that maybe I will
not retire and that uh
I have some I have some conversations to
have with Dana and Hunter and uh we have
some negotiating to do and if everything
goes right maybe we'll give you guys
what you want to see and what would that
be is that heavyweight or is that Alex
Pereira at heavyweight what What is that
what are you thinking you know I I know
that we have options um and so I'm just
going to see what Dana Uncle Dana wants
and what Uncle Hunter wants and and you
guys will hear about it soon I'm sure i
also want to say a big big thank you to
President Donald Trump for being here
tonight
can I get a
Hey what do you guys think about my
version of the Donald Trump check it out
usa usa let's go usa
that's what I like i'm proud i'm proud
to be a great American champion i'm
proud to be a Christian American
champion
well John as always it was an honor to
call your fight whatever you do next I
can't wait i'll be here for it
congratulations you sir the greatest of
all time ladies and gentlemen John Jones
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