UFC 309 social media reactions: Jon Jones’ title defense over Stipe Miocic leads to calls for Tom Aspinall unifier

The MMA community reacted to Jon Jones’ easy title defense and brutal finish over Stipe Miocic in the UFC 309 main event.

[autotag]Jon Jones[/autotag] returned from a 20-month layoff on Saturday for his long-awaited fight with [autotag]Stipe Miocic[/autotag] at UFC 309, and as expected, he retained the belt.

Jones (28-1 MMA, 22-1 UFC) was a massive favorite over former champion Miocic (20-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC), who hadn’t competed since March 2021, and went out and lived up to that with a third-round TKO victory in the headlining act of the event at Madison Square Garden in New York.

There’s been much speculation about Jones’ fighting future heading into the event, and afterward Jones said he will continue fighting, while Miocic retired.

Check below for the top X (formerly Twitter) reactions to Jones beating Miocic at UFC 309.

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PRE-FIGHT

THE FIGHT

THE AFTERMATH