Jones–Miocic UFC 309 Fight: Injury and Delay
The injury speculation surrounding Stipe Miocic’s scheduled fight with Jon Jones in 2024 never led to a cancellation. The two met at UFC 309 on November 16, where Jones stopped Miocic with body strikes in the third round to retain the heavyweight title. Miocic announced his retirement after the fight. The UFC’s event report confirms the result and retirement.
The injury report was speculation
Before the bout, interim champion Tom Aspinall said he had heard an unconfirmed rumor that Miocic might be injured and was training in case the UFC needed a replacement. That report did not become the official outcome: Miocic made it to the event and fought Jones in the main event at Madison Square Garden.
Jones controlled much of the contest before finishing Miocic at 4:29 of round three. The result ended a long wait for the fight, which had been postponed after Jones suffered a pectoral injury in 2023. Miocic’s post-fight retirement closed the career of a former two-time UFC heavyweight champion.
The heavyweight title picture moved on
Jones later vacated the heavyweight title after UFC CEO Dana White announced his retirement in June 2025, and Tom Aspinall was elevated from interim champion. The division changed again: Aspinall’s first title defense against Ciryl Gane ended in a no contest after an accidental eye poke in October 2025, and the UFC’s current record lists Gane as champion after Aspinall vacated the title in 2026. The UFC’s Jones profile and Gane’s UFC profile track those later changes.
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