Only a week out from his return to the Octagon at UFC 309, heavyweight kingpin, Jon Jones has posted some new hanging footage on social media forward of his struggle with Stipe Miocic — with many followers predicting the Rochester native goes to line up a submission of the veteran.
Jones, a former two-time undisputed gentle heavyweight champion, will return to motion subsequent weekend at UFC 309, taking up former two-time heavyweight gold holder, Miocic in a rescheduled pairing at Madison Sq. Backyard.
And sidelined since March of final 12 months, present heavyweight titleholder, Jon Jones turned in a shocking opening spherical win over former interim champion, Ciryl Gane, submitting the Frenchman with a dominant first spherical guillotine choke to win the vacant crown.
Jon Jones shares new hanging footage forward of UFC 309 return struggle
The outing marked Jon Jones‘ first Octagon look since a slim judging win over Dominick Reyes in early 2020, the place he narrowly emerged along with his undisputed gentle heavyweight crown in tow.
And sharing some extra perception into his coaching regime forward of UFC 309 subsequent weekend, Jones — who detailed his power and conditioning programme forward of the pairing, confirmed off some pad work along with his hanging coach, Brandon Gibson.
And whereas accused of vetoing a possible title unification struggle with interim gold holder, Tom Aspinall in favor of dealing with off with Miocic subsequent week — the previous champion has claimed it was removed from his option to tackle Jones subsequent.
“It wasn’t my alternative. It’s a struggle I wished, and the UFC gave it to me. They didn’t need to. They gave it to me. [Tom Aspinall is] robust,” Miocic added. “He hits onerous. Huge boy. It’s what individuals need, he knocks individuals out.”
