The heavyweight titleholder and pound-for-pound ace has not yet established a firm target date for his return from a torn pectoral muscle suffered while training in October.
The heavyweight titleholder and pound-for-pound ace has not yet established a firm target date for his return from a torn pectoral muscle suffered while training in October. Jones, 36, made his first appearance in 1,120 days at UFC 285, where he put awaywith a first-round guillotine choke and laid claim to the undisputed heavyweight crown on March 4.
Injury scuttled any thoughts of a relatively quick turnaround for the Rochester, New York native—a man many view as the greatest fighter of all-time., the opponent for whom Jones was preparing at the time he has injured, could still factor into the picture. However, Miocic turns 42 in August and has not set foot inside the Octagon in nearly three years, making him a less desirable option in many respects. Such criticisms cannot be levied against, the newly established young lion of the heavyweight division. The 30-year-old Team Kaobon product captured the interim championship with a 69-second knockout ofat UFC 295 on Nov. 11
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