Jones vs Miocic

Who won Jones vs Miocic?

Jon Jones beat Stipe Miocic by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC 309, on Saturday 16th November 2024 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Heavyweight championship.

Jones vs Miocic stats

Jon Jones stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Stipe Miocic made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Jon Jones' 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2008. Stipe Miocic marked his 19th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2011.

Jon Jones' UFC record stood at 22-1-0, while Stipe Miocic's came in at 14-5-0.

The stats suggested Miocic had a massive power advantage over Jones, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Jones' 37%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jones had a large advantage over Miocic, boasting a 26% submission rate over Miocic's 0%.

Jon Jones was the younger man by 5 years, at 37 years old.

Jones had a 5-inch reach advantage.

Jones was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 1 year and 10 months earlier than Miocic, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 86 to Miocic's 58.

Jones vs Miocic form

Jones had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 on 16th November 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Ciryl Gane at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by submission in the 1st round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he was victorious against Thiago Santos at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by split decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had won against Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Miocic had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Francis NGannou at UFC 260 on 27th March 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Daniel Cormier at UFC 252 on 15th August 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Daniel Cormier at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by knockout in the 4th round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Before that, he had been beaten by Daniel Cormier at UFC 226 on 7th July 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas.

He was victorious against Francis NGannou at UFC 220 on 20th January 2018 by unanimous decision in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at TD Garden, Boston.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jon Jones had been fighting more than Stipe Miocic.

Going to this contest, Jon Jones had last fought 7 days ago, while Stipe Miocic's last outing had been 3 years, 7 months and 27 days ago.

Jones' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Miocic's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

What time did Jones vs Miocic start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 5:25 AM UTC , which was 12:25 AM EST or 9:25 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 5:25 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Jones vs Miocic?

Jon Jones was a 4/25 (-630) favourite going into the contest, while Stipe Miocic made his way into the ring at 9/2 (+450) with oddsmakers.