Matt Brown wasn’t ‘amazed’ by Jon Jones at UFC 309

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Jon Jones did his job on Saturday night by thoroughly dominating Stipe Miocic and putting him away with a vicious spinning back kick to the body in the third round in the UFC 309 main event. But did Jones deserve that much credit considering Miocic was coming off nearly four years of inactivity, and at 42 years old, he may not have been the same fighter who twice conquered the heavyweight division in the UFC.

That’s the argument UFC legend Matt Brown made looking back at the fight because as much as Jones put on a vintage performance, he wasn’t exactly facing the Miocic who took out opponents like Francis Ngannou and Daniel Cormier in the past.

“As bad as he looked athletically — he looked his age, also — I say he looked past his age, to be honest,” Brown said about Miocic on the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer. “Straight legs, no hate on Stipe. It just looked like he doesn’t have it at this point, and why should he? He came into challenge himself at the highest level with the greatest ever and didn’t pass the challenge.

“This might be a little controversial, but to me, it almost takes away a little bit from Jon Jones. I mean he beat him almost flawlessly. I gave Stipe round two, but it wasn’t like some demolition or anything. It was almost flawless for Jon Jones, but I wasn’t amazed by Jon Jones beating that version of Stipe.”

Matt Brown wasn’t ‘amazed’ by Jon Jones at UFC 309, Stipe Miocic ‘looked like he didn’t really want to be there’ - MMA Fighting
 

MountainMedic

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Matt Brown is a true fighter.
Always loved to watch him fight and bullshitting with him when he was an OGer.
 

MountainMedic

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Hes going for Schuabs Turoc, Hunter of Dinosaurs title. Of course Paul is in the lead for this year's title.
 

ender852

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Matt Brown is a true fighter.
Always loved to watch him fight and bullshitting with him when he was an OGer.
I disliked him a lot watching him on TUF, but after interacting with him several times on the UG, I was forced to revise my opinion, very level-headed, logical guy.
 

Uncle Tom Doug

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Matt Brown is going easy on jones. Jones looked like shit against a middled aged dude that didn't even want to be in there.
 

Suicidalforlife

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Shit fight, was always going to be a shit fight, Stipe was shot 4 years ago, let alone after not fighting for as many years.

Jones wants to play pretend in the HW division, pathetic really.
 

Wild

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I thought he looked a little out of shape and slow also. Stipe was a shell of his former self which made Jones look a lot better than he was. The Aspinall fight will be really interesting.