UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones got injured while training Jones will be out for months…
UFC CEO Dana White released a video informing UFC’s number pound-for-pound best fight heavyweight division champion Jon Jones got injured while training for his upcoming main event fight at UFC 295 against Stipe Miocic
BREAKING NEWS…………… Sergei Pavlovich vs Tom Aspinall for the Interim Heavyweight Championship. Main Event is Jiri Prochazka vs Alex Pereira. #UFC295 is LIVE at MSG on ESPN+ PPV pic.twitter.com/SaPAwpyHi2
— danawhite (@danawhite) October 25, 2023
Undisputed heavyweight champion, Jon Jones is set for a period of 8 months on the sidelines, after the Endicott native suffered a torn pectoral tendon in the run-up to his UFC 295 title fight defnese against Stipe Miocic next month – forcing his withdrawal from the flagship event.
Jones, a former two-time light heavyweight champion and current heavyweight titleholder, was slated to headline UFC 295 next month at Madison Square Garden in New York, however, overnight, promotional CEO, Dana White confirmed how the former had suffered a torn pectoral tendon whilst training his wrestling, forcing his withdrawal from the bout.
As a result, the organization have still scrambled to add a second title fight to UFC 295 in Jon Jones’ absence, with incoming title challenger, Stipe Miocic also pulled from the pay-per-view card in the process.
Sidelined from the Octagon since March of this year, Jones most recently snapped a three-year-plus hiatus from the sport with a stunning opening round win over former interim heavyweight champion, Ciryl Gane with a guillotine choke in their vacant title fight.
Amid his injury setback, reports this morning have suggested that the promotion still hope to book a long-awaited heavyweight title fight between Jones and Miocic at some point in 2024.
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