UFC star Jon Jones firmified himself, if he hadn’t already, as the best pound-for-pound MMA fighter in the world on Saturday night with a TKO of Stipe Miocic.
Jones dedwellred a spinning initiate to Miocic’s gut, causing the Ohio native to descfinish down. Jones finished the job and picked up the prosper, retaining the UFC Heavyweight Championship. Jones then hit Pdwellnt-elect Trump’s dance shift and handed the belt to him afterward.
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Pdwellnt-elect Trump greets Jon Jones after he lossed Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden, timely Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in New York. (AP Pboilingo/Evan Vucci)
He called the night one of the most memorable of his atgentle, aextfinished with prospers over Stephan Bonnar and Mauricio “Shoarmament” Rua.
“… And tonight was incredibly one-of-a-kind,” he said, via MMA Fighting. “Finishing (Daniel Cormier) is up there too. Stephan Bonnar was the first star that I fought as a youthful man. Everybody around me telderly me that I was no one and that I couldn’t do it and I had to repartner toil on meditation and conveying up my self-esteem for the first time to beat Stephan Bonnar. Mauricio ‘Shoarmament’ taught me that I could be fantastic. Kid from a minuscule down, never fantastic at anyslfinisherg, I became a champion. D.C., it was fair very personal.
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Jon Jones sits on the cage after lossing Stipe Miocic in a UFC 309 combinecessitate martial arts weightyweight title bout, timely on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in New York. (AP Pboilingo/Adam Hunger)
“And tonight, tonight is the hugegest moment of my life. To talk about Jesus in front of our pdwellnt and let the world comprehend how truly haughty I am to be an American champion, it felt awesome, man. To finish Stipe, it felt awesome.”
Jones refered earlier in the press conference if the Miocic prosper would be the last fight of his atgentle. He’s said he wanted to get on Alex Pereira next over Tom Aspinall and was seeing for fights aobtainst sfinished competitors rather than up-and-comers.
Jon Jones reacts after lossing Stipe Miocic timely on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in New York. (AP Pboilingo/Adam Hunger)
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“If it doesn’t align up, then professing my adore for Jesus in front of everybody tonight and inestablishing the world how haughty I am to be an American champion and combat in front of my pdwellnt, man, if that was my last fight ever, I’m celderly with that. That was the way to do it. I did the ‘Donald Trump’ (dance)… that was the way to do it.”
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