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

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 won against 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 beaten 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 had defeated Francis NGannou at UFC 220 on 20th January 2018 by unanimous decision in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at TD Garden, Boston.

Activity check

Jones' last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 10 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.7 rounds on average.

Miocic's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 27 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.