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Jon Jones will not be fighting Stipe Miocic at UFC 295 in the next three weeks.
On late Tuesday night, UFC CEO Dana White revealed that Jones had suffered a torn pec in practice and would need surgery, which would force him to be sidelined for eight months.
A video of Jones’ injury was released online.
Jon Jones tore his pec in this video and is now out of his fight at UFC 295 against Stipe 😔 pic.twitter.com/8R9HrpuV43
— IG: @TKO_HQ (@TKO_HQ) October 25, 2023
Heavyweights Tom Aspinall and Sergei Pavlovich will now fight for the interim UFC heavyweight title, while Jiří Procházka vs Alex Pereira has been dubbed the new main event for UFC 295.
Jon Jones is out of the UFC heavyweight title fight at UFC 295 on Nov. 11. Miocic will come off the card and instead there will be an interim title fight between Tom Aspinall and Sergei Pavlovich.
Jiri Prochazka and Alex Pereira will be the new main event, UFC announced. pic.twitter.com/W3Kxo6iI6u
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) October 25, 2023
According to ESPN’s Marc Raimondi, the UFC is hoping to have the Miocic-Jones fight take place sometime next year.
Via ESPN
Miocic will no longer compete on the card with the loss of the high-profile fight against Jones. It was billed as Jones, the best fighter in MMA history, against Miocic, the most successful heavyweight ever in the UFC.
Sources said the hope is to still rebook Jones vs. Miocic for a big card in 2024.