Returning to the commentary booth this weekend for UFC 295, long-time play-by-play lead, Jon Anik has claimed he not surprised by Jon Jones’ withdrawal from a heavyweight title fight with former champion, Stipe Miocic, claiming a second fight this year for the Endicott native was “ambitious”.
Jones, the incumbent undisputed heavyweight champion, was set to headline UFC 295 this weekend at Madison Square Garden, taking on the above-mentioned, Miocic was forced out of his championship defense against the Ohio native this weekend, after suffered a pectoral tendon tear ahead of the bout.
As a result, an interim championship has been introduced into the division, with surging heavyweight contenders, Sergei Pavlovich and Tom Aspinall slated to feature in a co-main event clash in ‘The Big Apple’.