{"id":1636,"date":"2023-07-08T14:36:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T13:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2023-07-08T20:46:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T19:46:21","slug":"jon-jones-to-fight-stipe-miocic-at-ufc-295-to-defend-heavyweight-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/jon-jones-to-fight-stipe-miocic-at-ufc-295-to-defend-heavyweight-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones to Fight Stipe Miocic at UFC 295 to Defend Heavyweight Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ccvoYb EjH7wc\">\n<div class=\"AxqVh\">\n<div class=\"OPPzxe\">\n<div class=\"QcsUad BDJ8fb BLojaf sMVRZe wneUed\">\n<div class=\"usGWQd\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<div class=\"KkbLmb\">\n<div class=\"lRu31\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"lRu31\"><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">A super heavyweight fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic will headline UFC 295 on November 11.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"lRu31\"><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">UFC President Dana White announced the fight between Jones Jones and Stipe Miocic in a recent video.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Watch White&#8217;s announcement below.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dana White Announces Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic to Headline UFC 295!\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VTGk-t4chk8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"UdTY9 WdefRb\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-location=\"2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"lRu31\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"> 11 at Madison Square Garden in<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">New York.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The fight has been announced by the UFC for months, but now it seems that all parties are in agreement and the highly anticipated fight will happen.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Jon Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) won the heavyweight title on his return to the octagon after a three-year layoff at UFC 285 in March, quickly submitting Ciryl Gane to the first<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">round.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"lRu31\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">&#8216;Bones&#8217; moved up to heavyweight after an incredible run at light heavyweight, leaving the title vacant in 2020.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"lRu31\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Jones captured the vacant heavyweight title by quickly defeating Ciryl Gane via first-round submission at UFC 285. He returned after a three-year hiatus to prepare his physique for the move to the heavyweight division.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"lRu31\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Jon Jones immediately called Miocic following his victory and the fight was finally arranged.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">After months of speculation, along with other proposed opponents for Jones&#8217; first defense, the two legends will square off in one of the biggest fights of 2023.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"lRu31\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Jon Jones vs.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Stipe Miocic to headline UFC return to MSG<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Miocic returns after more than two years of absence in the octagon.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">He lost by knockout to Francis Ngannou at UFC 260 and opted out of an interim title fight later that year.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Before falling to Ngannou, Miocic defended his title by winning his trilogy with UFC hall of famer Daniel Cormier.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"lRu31\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">He reclaimed the title in their rematch at UFC 241 by fourth-round TKO.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Jones is considered by many to be the best UFC fighter of all time.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"lRu31\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Miocic is also considered the best heavyweight in MMA history.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"VO9ucd\">\n<div class=\"aJIq1d\" data-language-code=\"en\" data-language-name=\"Anglais\" data-text=\"On November 11, 2023, Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic will face off for the UFC heavyweight title of the world champion, at Madison Square Garden in New York, in the most famous arena in the world.\n\nAhead of Friday's UFC 290 ceremonial weigh-in, UFC President Dana White announced that Jones vs. Miocic will headline UFC 295, which takes place Nov. 11 at Madison Square Garden in New York. The fight has been announced by the UFC for months, but now it seems that all parties are in agreement and the highly anticipated fight will happen.\n\nJon Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) won the heavyweight title on his return to the octagon after a three-year layoff at UFC 285 in March, quickly submitting Ciryl Gane to the first round. 'Bones' moved up to heavyweight after an incredible run at light heavyweight, leaving the title vacant in 2020.\n\nStipe Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) returns to the octagon after a nearly three-year hiatus. In his last outing, the division record holder for most title defenses was knocked out by Francis Ngannou at UFC 260 in March 2021. 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UFC President Dana White announced the fight between Jones Jones and Stipe Miocic in a recent video. Watch White&#8217;s announcement below. 11 at Madison Square Garden in New York. The fight has been announced by the UFC for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1638,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636\/revisions\/1638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}