7 World Champions React To Jon Jones Vs. Stipe Miocic Results

Jon Jones successfully defended his UFC heavyweight championship in a dominant performance. Jones destroyed Stipe Miocic, scoring a third-round KO victory that sent the Madison Square Garden crowd into a frenzy.

Take a look at Jones’ finish via spinning backkick.

After the fight, several current and former world champions took to social media to react to Jones’ victory. Former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos congratulated his countryman Charles Oliveira, who prevailed over Michael Chandler in the co-main event, and Jones.

Former UFC men’s bantamweight champion and fellow New Yorker Aljamain Sterling lauded Jones’ uses of the spinning back kick.

Reigning men’s bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili gives it up for Jones, calling him the G.O.A.T.

Injured UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad suspects Jones’ kick broke Miocic’s ribs.

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill called Jones’ performance dominant, “as usual.”

Former two-division champion Henry Cejudo says Jones is and will always be the G.O.A.T.

Interestingly, former UFC heavyweight champion and current Professional Fighters League Superfights champ Francis Ngannou complimented Jones’ performance. He said, “I see you.”

Fans never got to see a fight between Jones and Ngannou, and now that they are with different promotions, the chances are even slimmer that we’ll ever see the dream fight.

Thankfully for the UFC, interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall has emerged as a more practical dream fight for Jones. Based on Jones’ post-fight interview, it sounds like the fight will happen sometime next year.

Here are all of the results from UFC 309. The winners of performance bonuses are marked with a trophy emoji.

UFC 309 Results

Main Card

• 🏆(c) Jon Jones def. No. 8 Stipe Miocic Via Third-Round TKO
• 🏆No. 2 Charles Oliveira def. No. 7 Michael Chandler Via Unanimous Decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-45)🏆 – Fight of the Night
• Bo Nickal def. Paul Craig Via Unanimous Decision (30-27×3)
• No. 9 Viviane Araujo def. No. 5 Karine Silva Via Unanimous Decision (29-28×3)
• Mauricio Ruffy def. James Llontop Via Unanimous Decision (29-28×3)

Prelims

• Marcus McGhee def. No. 13 Jonathan Martinez Via Unanimous Decision (29-28×3)
• Chris Weidman vs. Eryk Anders – CANCELED
• Jim Miller def. Damon Jackson Via First-Round Submission (Guillotine)
• David Onama def. Roberto Romero Via Unanimous Decision (30-27×3)
• No. 9 Marcin Tybura def. Jhonata Diniz Via Second-Round TKO

Early Prelims

• 🏆Ramiz Brahimaj def. Mickey Gall Via First-Round KO
• 🏆Oban Elliott def. Bassil Hafez Via Third-Round KO
• Eduardo Moura def. Veronica Hardy Via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28×2)

What’s Next For the UFC?

The UFC will be in Macau on November 23. The card is strong but fans will need to stay up late or get up early to watch.

Here is the full card.

• Petr Yan vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
• Xiaonan Yan vs. Tabatha Ricci
• Ozzy Diaz vs. Mingyang Zhang
• Kenan Song vs. Muslim Salikhov
• Cong Wang vs. Gabriella Fernandes
• Volkan Oezdemir vs. Carlos Ulberg
• Carlos Hernandez vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel
• Xiaocan Feng vs. Ming Shi
• Kiru Sahota vs. Dong Hoon Choi
• Su Young You vs. Balgyn Jenisuly
• Kangjie Zhu vs. Bin Xie
• Lone’er Kavanagh vs. Jose Ochoa
• Long Xiao vs. Quang Le
• Maheshate Hayisaer vs. Nikolas Motta

Look out for fight week coverage as we move towards the event.