The UFC Heavyweight division couldn't be more complicated. One year into Jon Jones' championship reign and we have yet to see another undisputed title fight at the weight class.
UFC fans, get ready for a heavyweight showdown as UFC President Dana White drops the big news – Jon Jones is set to face Stipe Miocic this summer, reported by Telecomasia.
UFC Heavyweight Interim Champion Tom Aspinall is moving on from a Jon Jones or Stipe Miocic fight. Aspinall bounced back from his knee injury against Curtis Blaydes in 2021 with first-round knockouts against Marcin Tybura and Sergei Pavlovich.
UFC heavyweight fighter Jamal Pogues has given a relatively sympathetic take on Jon Jones' current situation. Last year, a pec injury forced "Bones" out of his UFC Heavyweight Championship defense against Stipe Miocic at UFC 295.
UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping wouldn't advise Stipe Miocic to take another fight outside of Jon Jones. Miocic was scheduled to challenge Jones for the UFC Heavyweight Championship in the main event of UFC 295.
Former UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping believes Stipe Miocic needs to avoid fighting Tom Aspinall. The former two-time 265lbs kingpin hasn't fought since his brutal KO loss to Francis Ngannou all the way back at UFC 260 in March 2021.
Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall says the UFC attempted to book an interim title defense against Stipe Miocic at UFC 300. Aspinall earned the interim UFC heavyweight title by defeating Sergei Pavlovich by knockout at UFC 295 last November.
UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones has finally responded to remarks made by interim champion Tom Aspinall. Aspinall won the interim title in November 2023 and has since come to face the reality that the UFC wants him to wait while Jones is rebooked against Stipe Miocic.
Perhaps Stipe Miocic won’t be riding off into the sunset following his heavyweight title fight against Jon Jones after all. The ex-UFC champion responded to a series of posts from current interim king Tom Aspinall on social media by suggesting that he’d be willing to face the Englishman in a title unification bout down the road.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic has a solution to Tom Aspinall's frustrations about the next title shot. Miocic is expected to face UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones later this year for the heavyweight title.
Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall wants his shot to prove he's the undisputed heavyweight king. Aspinall earned the UFC interim heavyweight title by finishing Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 295 last November.
The UFC’s Heavyweight division has felt like it has been in a perpetual state of limbo for years now, and with the departure of Francis Ngannou from the division and the arrival of Jon Jones to the fold, it seems to have ground to a halt.
UFC CEO Dana White has laid the idea of ditching Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic to rest. When Dana broke the news that Jones suffered a torn pectoral tendon and was forced out of a planned UFC heavyweight title defense against Miocic, it was revealed that an interim title fight between Tom Aspinall and Sergei Pavlovich would take place at UFC 295.
When the changes to the heavyweight title fight at UFC 295 were announced, the first question on a lot of people's minds was what about Stipe Miocic. The former champion was set to make a long-awaited return to challenge Jon Jones but with the champ withdrawing from an injury, an entirely new fight was set up for the interim title.
Stipe Miocic claims he wasn’t offered an alternative fight when scheduled opponent Jon Jones pulled out of UFC 295. Jones (27-1) was slated to defend his heavyweight title against Miocic (20-4) in the main event at UFC 295 on Nov.
Here is the Thursday edition of MMA Rumors. After the fallout from the Jon Jones injury and the shuffle that UFC 295 has seen, there are a few things to be discussed.
Jon Jones versus Stipe Miocic is no longer the UFC 295 main event at Madison Square Garden next month.
Stipe Miocic can’t say that his UFC 295 matchup with Jon Jones will be his final fight, but apparently retirement is something the former champion has
After months of trash talk and years of playing cat-and-mouse, the long-awaited UFC heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones (27-1) and Stipe Miocic (20-4) will officially happen at UFC 295 on Nov. 11 at Madison Square Garden.
Stipe Miocic seems intent on legacy building as he maneuvers through the latter stages of his outstanding career. The two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight titleholder will return to the cage sometime in 2023, having spent two years on the sidelines while the division he twice ruled shuffled its deck.
Jon Jones’ first defense of his UFC heavyweight championship could take place in New York.
Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic have seemingly been on a collision course ever since Jones announced he was moving up from the UFC’s light heavyweight to heavyweight division, but a fight between the two has failed to materialize. Will that finally change in July?
UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is being released from his contract and his title will be vacated. UFC president Dana White made the announcement at a press conference on Saturday.
The UFC has struggled in finding Jones an opponent for his heavyweight debut, but it appears we're inching closer to finally seeing him back in the Octagon.
Jairzinho Rozenstruik is no fan of a rumored UFC interim heavyweight title fight pitting Jon Jones against Stipe Miocic.
“I heard originally it’d be July,” Jones said. “I think when Stipe got that date, I’ve heard he’s been doing a lot of weightlifting and not a lot of MMA training. He wanted to put his best foot forward ... I think he asked for Sept. 24. I’m hoping that’s going to be in Las Vegas.
It is looking very possible that a Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic matchup could happen in September.
It appears as though a potential interim heavyweight title bout between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic won’t happen this summer as originally planned.
The defeat marked Miocic’s first since his loss to Daniel Cormier in 2018.
Ngannou knocked out Stipe Miocic in the second round of their fight, avenging a loss to Miocic in 2018.
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