UFC 309: Jones vs Miocic Recap (Sports)
November 16, 2024
UFC 309 took place earlier tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York City, headlined by a UFC Heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic. Jones went into the fight looking to make his first heavyweight title defense against Miocic. Jones dominated the fight from the first round, and ended the fight in the third round. Jones landed a spinning back kick to the body that dropped Miocic, and followed up with a few shots to win the fight by TKO.
Miocic is seen as the greatest heavyweight in UFC history, holding the title twice, and being the only fighter to consecutively defend the title three times. His last fight was in March 2021 at UFC 260, and ended with a knockout loss to Francis Ngannou. The 42 year old legend announces his retirement from MMA during his post fight interview.
Jones has fought at light heavyweight for most of career, and established himself as the greatest fighter of all time dominating in that division. Jones made his move to heavyweight in March 2023 at UFC 285, and made quick work of Ciryl Gane to become the heavyweight champion. With Jones successfully making his heavyweight title defense, the next fight should be against the current interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall.
The co-main event was a 5-round title eliminator between former UFC lightweight champion Charles Olivera and Michael Chandler. Oliveria completely dominated the fight unanimously winning the first four rounds on all scorecards even scoring a 10-8 second round on one of the cards. Chandler was able to empty out the tank in the fifth round landing a right hand that seemed to hurt Oliveria, but Oliveria was able to pull guard and burn the clock setting up a triangle choke. Chandler was able to stand back up and defend the triangle, but Oliveria was able to pull Chandler back on the ground. The fight ended up Chandler standing up with Oliveria on his back and dropping back onto Olivera twice. Oliveira wins the rematch against Chandler in dominant fashion and is likely to face the winner of the bout between current champion Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan.
UFC 309 Fight Card Results
- Jon Jones (c) def. Stipe Miocic via third-round TKO (body kick)
- Charles Oliveira def. Michael Chandler via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-45)
- Bo Nickal def. Paul Craig via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Viviane Araujo def. Karine Silva via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Mauricio Ruffy def. James Llontop via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Marcus McGhee def. Jonathan Martinez via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Jim Miller def. Damon Jackson via first-round submission (guillotine choke)
- David Onama def. Roberto Romero via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Marcin Tybura def. Jhonata Diniz via second-round TKO (doctor stoppage)
- Raminz Brahimaj def. Mickey Gall via first-round knockout (punches)
- Oban Elliott def. Bassil Hafez via third-round knockout (punches)
- Eduarda Moura def. Veronica Hardy via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)