Jones (27-1-1NC) is all the time within the dialog for best fighter of all time, however in Miocic he faces a person thought-about probably the most constant heavyweight champion of all time within the UFC.
Miocic (20-4) has twice captured the title and has fought a who’s who of heavyweights down the years. He has wins over Francis Ngannou, Daniel Cormier, Andrei Arlovski and Fabricio Werdum.
The massive-hitter has 15 stoppages in 20 wins and has misplaced simply 4 instances. These got here towards Cormier, Ngannou, Junior dos Santos and Stefan Struve.
Miocic depends on his wonderful cardio and putting to overwhelm his opponents and has probably the most finishes in UFC heavyweight title fights (4).
He’s additionally tied with all-time nice Randy Couture for many wins in title fights (6). No-one has efficiently defended a heavyweight UFC title greater than Miocic.
Albuquerque’s Jones has only one loss on his document, a disqualification loss to Matt Hamill in 2009. He has 27 wins in 29 fights, after a win in 2017 over his bitter rival Cormier was modified to a no-contest due to a failed drug take a look at. Jones has served two doping bans in his UFC profession.
Jones is the youngest UFC champion in historical past, profitable the light-heavyweight title when he was simply 23 years previous.
At 6ft 4in he was an unstoppable power at light-heavyweight, beating each contender in entrance of him together with Cormier, Ryan Bader, Mauricio Rua, Lyoto Machida, Vitor Belfort and Rashad Evans.
Jones is understood for being a near-perfect all-round fighter, in a position to cease, submit or outclass an opponent.
He has 10 stoppages and 7 submissions on his document and has probably the most profitable title defences in light-heavyweight historical past (11), which ties him with flyweight legend Demetrious Johnson for probably the most title defences in UFC historical past.
