Miocic apologizes to Jon Jones after swearing: 'Heat of the moment'

Stipe Miocic faces Jon Jones No. UFC 309. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @stipemiocic

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It didn't take long for Stipe Miocic respond to the viral reaction of Jon Jones. The heavyweight champion (up to 120,2kg) was not at all pleased when he saw the Croatian-American call him a 'b****' during the episode of UFC 309: Countdown. 'Bones' posted a video on social media regretting the disrespect committed by his opponent and promised to make the former champion regret the words he had said.

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However, Miocic already seems to be regretting it. During his participation in the The Ariel Helwani Show, the former champion apologized to Jones and assured that there was no ill intent behind his 'inflammatory rhetoric' in the build-up toUFC 309.

“He was talking to me, I was talking to him. Sorry, I wasn’t trying to disrespect him. It was just the heat of the moment,” Miocic said.

Jones and Miocic

Jon Jones e Stipe Miocic Jones and Jones are two of the greatest fighters in UFC history. Bones was a 15-time UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight champion. He has a 93-fight winning streak, the longest in the organization. Jones also became champion at age 13, the youngest in UFC history.

At 42, Miocic is considered the best UFC heavyweight of all time. If he beats Jones in the UFC 309, the Croatian-American could regain the belt for the third time in the organization.

The main fight of UFC 309 takes place a year after it was postponed. Miocic and Jones were supposed to fight in the UFC 295, but the champion pulled out on weeks' notice due to injury, and in turn, Miocic opted not to remain on the card and wait for Bones.