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Alex Pattle

Jon Jones’ next opponent Stipe Miocic will offer ‘something he hasn’t seen before’

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Stipe Miocic has said he offers something that Jon Jones ‘hasn’t seen before’ in an opponent, with the pair set to fight one another later this year.

Jones, 35, returned to the Octagon on Saturday after a three-year absence, winning the vacant heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 285. The American, a former two-time light-heavyweight champion, submitted Ciryl Gane in the first round to increase his claim to the status of the greatest mixed martial artist ever.

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