According to the announcement from UFC, they closed the time Jon Jones fought Stipe Miocic. It was the UFC 309 event, which took place on November 17. This is considered as the parting match of Miocic's career, the boxer was considered by UFC Dana White to be UFC's Heavyweight's greatest history.
Stipe Miocic has not played any professional MMA match for the past 3 years. The last time he participated in the competition was March 2021. It was the time when Miocic received defeat against Francis Ngannou, and to lose the championship. Earlier, Miocic had 4 successful UFC Heavyweight.
Initially, UFC scheduled the schedule between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic at the end of 2023. However, this competition was canceled on the grounds that Jones had serious injuries during training. At the present time, Jones has completely recovered and ready to return to the competition.
On the side of Jon Jones, the Heavyweight Champion champion had a spectacular return in 2023. After 3 years of a break, Jones moved to Heavyweight's weight and was ranked championship in the first match. At the UFC 285 event, he won convincingly against Ciryl Gane.
In the context that Jon Jones could not protect the UFC Heavyweight championship due to injury, the tournament tried another fighter on the temporary belt. It was Tom Aspinall. He won the temporary belt after winning Sergei Pavlovich, and protected the belt successfully thanks to the victory of Curtis Blaydes.
Jon Jones herself has been playing for 3 years because of conflict with Dana White. At the time of winning in 2020 against Dominick Reyes, Jones demanded that UFC signed a new contract with a remuneration of up to $ 25-30 million per game. UFC disagrees, and the two parties take 2 years of agreement.