Stipe Miocic Says He’s Motivated By All The Doubters, Will Beat Jon Jones

Fans and MMA “experts” may believe Stipe Miocic has no chance against Jon Jones, but the man Bones Jones called the greatest UFC heavyweight ever says he’s motivated by the underdog status, and has zero doubts he going defeat JJ!

40-year-old Miocic joined Babcock and Mojo on the TMZ Sports TV show (airs weeknights on FS1) where we asked him, you vs. Jon aside … give us your scouting report of Jones, the heavyweight.

“He won, good for him. That’s about it.”

So, yeah … color Stipe unimpressed with the heavier version of Jones.

“I don’t really have much to say because it wasn’t that long of a fight,” Miocic added.

Of course, Jon only needed 2 minutes and 4 seconds to choke out Ciryl Gane, one of the most dangerous men in the world at UFC 285, winning the heavyweight title Stipe held for years.

The fight between Jon and Stipe is likely to go down in July, and Jones is already around a -370 favorite (put up $370 to profit $100). Add to that all the MMA fans who have said Miocic doesn’t stand a chance in the Octagon with Jon. We asked SM if he was motivated by the doubters.

“Hell yeah it does [motivate me]. I love being the underdog, I love being told something not gonna happen because I’m the guy that puts a big dagger in that.”

It seems some people may have forgotten what Miocic has accomplished in the Octagon. Stipe previously beat Daniel Cormier, twice. He also defeated Francis Nagannou, Junior dos Santos, Fabricio Werdum, Mark Hunt, and others.

Speaking of Cormier, his rivalry with Jones was one of the best (and realest) in UFC history. We asked Stipe if he’s considered bringing D.C. into camp to help him train. Miocic didn’t say no, but it’s clear this is just another fight for the firefighter from Ohio.

“No, no, I mean maybe, I don’t know. Right now, just gonna keep getting better and grinding away and make myself the best I can be.”

As for retirement, we asked Stipe if the Jones bout could be the last of his illustrious Hall of Fame career.

“I don’t know. We’ll see. I think about retiring after every fight since my first one. We’ll see. Right now just gonna keep getting better, getting stronger, make myself finally tuned ready for that fight in July.”

Cannot! Wait! 👊