{"id":299124,"date":"2023-11-12T16:41:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T16:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=299124"},"modified":"2023-11-12T16:41:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T16:41:13","slug":"stipe-miocic-is-seen-limping-as-he-attends-ufc-295","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/mma\/stipe-miocic-is-seen-limping-as-he-attends-ufc-295\/","title":{"rendered":"Stipe Miocic is seen limping as he attends UFC 295"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Fans claim Stipe Miocic &#8216;would&#8217;ve been killed by Jon Jones&#8217; as he limps and &#8216;walks like a 70-year-old man&#8217; at UFC 295 &#8211; after his opponent withdrew from their title bout through injury<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stipe Miocic was seen limping ahead of Tom Aspinall&#8217;s victory at UFC 295<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Miocic&#8217;s fight against Jon Jones was called off due to the latter&#8217;s injury\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>How do you get the biggest fight for an ailing AJ without huge risk? The Hook\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stipe Miocic was seen limping as he attended UFC 295 after his fight with Jon Jones was cancelled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Miocic watched on as Tom Aspinall\u00a0got the better of Sergei Pavlovich\u00a0to win the UFC interim heavyweight title.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>41-year-old Miocic had been set to take on Jones but the fight was called off after the latter suffered an injury.<\/p>\n<p>Jones suffered the injury in training, with UFC president Dana White saying:\u00a0&#8216;Jon Jones was training last night, got injured, he was wrestling and he tore the tendon that connects your pec to to the bone, off the bone. [Out] eight months, going to need surgery. He\u2019s out.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>After the fight between Miocic and Jones was cancelled, the bout between Aspinall and Pavlovich then took centre stage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/13\/77705727-12739875-image-m-6_1699796317278.jpg\" height=\"514\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/13\/77705729-12739875-image-a-7_1699796321566.jpg\" height=\"514\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Stipe Miocic was seen limping as he attended UFC 295 after his fight was cancelled<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/10\/77703177-12739875-image-m-2_1699786443486.jpg\" height=\"538\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The heavyweight contender was initially scheduled to fight for the UFC title on the night\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/10\/77703243-12739875-image-a-19_1699786586222.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Instead, Miocic watched on as Tom Aspinall knocked out Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 295<\/p>\n<p>Aspinall became just the third Briton to win a UFC title after he stopped Pavlovich in the first round in New York.<\/p>\n<p>However, there was also some focus on Miocic, who was seen limping heavily as he prepared to watch the fight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/13\/77706141-12739875-image-a-45_1699797563925.jpg\" height=\"180\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/13\/77706127-12739875-image-a-44_1699797511457.jpg\" height=\"244\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/14\/77706153-12739875-image-a-47_1699797611277.jpg\" height=\"130\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/13\/77706139-12739875-image-a-46_1699797574446.jpg\" height=\"127\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>One user on X commented that Miocic was walking &#8216;like he just had a hip removed&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Another user added that Miocic was &#8216;Walking like a 70 year old man.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, another wrote: &#8216;Why he walking like he 90&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Another user wrote that Miocic &#8216;would have got killed&#8217; if his fight against Jones had gone ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, another wrote: &#8216;Are you sure that Jon Jones pulled out and not him ?!&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Miocic&#8217;s last MMA fight was in 2021 when he lost to Francis Ngannou. He has won 20 fights overall and has suffered four losses.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/10\/73516891-12739875-Jon_Jones_has_been_ruled_out_of_UFC_295_with_an_injury_and_the_b-a-20_1699786766886.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Miocic had been set to take on Jon Jones but the latter suffered an injury during training<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/10\/76973113-12739875-Footage_shows_the_moment_Jon_Jones_suffered_his_injury_in_the_tr-m-22_1699786786817.jpg\" height=\"454\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Footage shows the moment Jon Jones suffered his injury in the training room\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2023\/10\/25\/The%20Hook_Promo_Desktop.636.png\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mma\/article-12739875\/Fans-claim-Stipe-Miocic-wouldve-killed-Jon-Jones-limps-walks-like-70-year-old-man-UFC-295-opponent-withdrew-title-bout-injury.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans claim Stipe Miocic &#8216;would&#8217;ve been killed by Jon Jones&#8217; 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