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US blended martial arts fighter Jon Jones stands on a scale throughout the weigh-in earlier than his UFC 285 heavyweight title bout towards French blended martial arts fighter Ciryl Gane on the MGM Backyard Enviornment, in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 3, 2023. – Jones will battle Ciryl Gane of France for the title on March 4. (Picture by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Picture by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP through Getty Photographs)
October 25, 2023 8:30 am ET
The UFC’s thirtieth anniversary occasion took a devastating hit on Saturday when it was introduced Jon Jones had suffered a critical harm that can take away him from his heavyweight title protection towards Stipe Miocic at UFC 295.
Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) sustained a torn pectoral muscle in training lower than three weeks from the occasion, forcing him out of the Nov. 11 contest vs. Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York. In consequence, an interim belt will probably be launched as Sergei Pavlovich (17-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) will tackle Tom Aspinall (13-3 MMA, 6-1 UFC).
The beautiful flip of occasions yielded a plethora of reactions from the MMA neighborhood, and you may try the highest social media posts on the scenario under.
Morning Kombat
Think about paying the worth of these #UFC295 tickets and discovering out Jon Jones is off the cardboard…
— Morning Kombat (@morningkombat) October 25, 2023
Marc Raimondi
The UFC’s hope is to nonetheless e book Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic on a giant card in 2024 as soon as Jones returns from harm, sources informed ESPN.
— Marc Raimondi (@marcraimondi) October 25, 2023
Nolan King
With Jon Jones out, this is the #UFC295 bout order:
Prochazka vs Pereira
Pavlovich vs Aspinall
Andrade vs Dern
Frevola vs Saint Denis
Lopes vs SabatiniSchnell vs Erceg
Godinez vs Ricci
Aliev vs Rebecki
Borshchev vs. Sadykhov
Gordon vs Madsen
Castaneda vs Kang
Boras vs Van… https://t.co/pHmurhoqCR— Nolan King (@mma_kings) October 25, 2023
Eric Nicksick
Any phrase why Stipe wasn’t included within the interim vs one of many different two??
— Eric Nicksick (@Eric_XCMMA) October 25, 2023
Tom Lawlor
Jon Jones down!
Alex Pereira vs Jiri Prochazka for the cursed UFC LHW title is your new #UFC295 foremost occasion.
Aspinal vs Pavlovich for the interim HW belt.
You MAYBE, heard it right here first.
— “Filthy” Tom Lawlor トム・ローラー (@FilthyTomLawlor) October 25, 2023
Oscar Willis
Tom Aspinall: “I am preventing probably the most harmful man within the UFC on two weeks discover, however I’m prepared to place all of it on the road. That is my absolute dream and I’m fucking doing a Bisping.” pic.twitter.com/MY2VOc00MB
— Oscar Willis (@oscarswillis) October 25, 2023
Nick Baldwin
Earlier than tonight, Jon Jones hadn’t pulled out of a battle on account of harm since a scheduled UFC 178 bout vs. Daniel Cormier in August 2014. Loopy.
— Nick Baldwin (@NickBaldwinMMA) October 25, 2023
Ant Evans
You recognize you’ve got lastly turn out to be a grown-up once you really feel
Tom Aspinall vs Sergei Pavlovich is the higher battle in any case.— Ant Evans (@AntEvansMMA) October 25, 2023
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