In the latest sharing with international media, UFC President Dana White affirmed that he would wait for the match between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic. The two expected to encounter each other in late 2023, but had to cancel because Jones had a serious injury. However, UFC has no backup plan.
“I know what to do when the incident happened? Miocic was considered the most outstanding boxer in UFC history in Heavyweight. The event was arranged, but Jones was injured. Nobody was at fault. I promised Miocic to fight Jones, so another boxer replaced it was insulting him,” White said.
Initially, the plan for Sergei Pavlovich to replace Jon Jones was mentioned. But just as the UFC president, he wanted to let Miocic slow Jonees in the final match in his career. Currently Miocic is no longer named on the UFC rankings, but just both healthy, they will fight.
In the most positive prospect, Jones will face Miocic at the UFC 309 event, taking place later this year. While Jones needs time to fully recover from injury, Miocic's ability to play is unclear. He has not fought in the past 3 years.
In the last time Stipe Miocic played at UFC, he received a defeat against Francis Ngannou. It was the Miocic match for the opponent to knock down in the second half. Up to the present time, the nunnou has left UFC to join the PFL, and encroach on the professional boxing segment.