Jones confirms fight with Miocic in July

Freshly minted UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones confirms recent words Stipe Miocic that their confrontation could take place on July 8 as part of UFC 290. Jones wrote about this on his social networks.

“More than likely. It seemed to me that it somehow fell on me. Need to talk to my team/UFC and come up with a plan,” wrote the fighter.

Recall that Jones became the UFC heavyweight champion, winning by choke over Cyril Gan in the first round. This fight headlined the recent UFC 285.