Stipe Miocic claims he exposed weaknesses in ‘beatable’ Jon Jones during retirement fight loss

The consensus UFC heavyweight GOAT had an interesting takeaway from his final fight in mixed martial arts.

Stipe Miocic called time on his career in the cage in 2024, competing in one final title fight against a contender for greatest of all time status, Jon Jones.

Over three years after his previous appearance in the Octagon, Miocic challenged Jones at UFC 309 in a pay-per-view main event that marked the Rochester native’s first and ultimately last heavyweight title defense.

Given Miocic’s age and lengthy layoff, Jones was widely expected to enjoy a comfortable night at the office. That looked to be the case en route to a TKO stoppage in round three.

But while it was an unsuccessful final foray into the UFC cage, Miocic thinks his last taste of action in MMA was far from one-sided…

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Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCStipe Miocic sees Jon Jones as ‘beatable’ after TKO loss to the UFC GOAT contenderThe heavyweight legend’s final fight came to an end when Jones landed a brutal spinning kick to Miocic’s body. Before that, though, the Ohio native thinks he was having success.

During a recent interview on Sofascore’s A Guest and a Half show, Miocic suggested he saw plenty of openings against Jones before being stopped by a strike he believes should never have connected.

“We were going back and forth,” Miocic said. “Then he hit me with a spinning kick. I trained for that exact move. I just missed it by an inch.

“He’s good. Really good. But he has weaknesses. I think I exposed a few. He’s beatable,” Miocic added.

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But not only does UFC 320 title challenger Cory Sandhagen not share that sentiment, he does not even see ‘Bones’ as the United States’ best.

Speaking to TNT Sports ahead of his showdown with Merab Dvalishvili this Saturday, Sandhagen chose Chuck Liddell over Jones.

When it came to the overall GOAT debate, ‘The Sandman’ selected Anderson Silva.