An emotional Stipe Miocic on Monday opened up on his decision to retire after UFC 309. Miocic (20-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC) hung up his gloves after a third-round TKO loss to heavyweight champion Jon Jones in Saturday's main event at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Northeast Ohio native Stipe Miocic called it a career after losing the main event of UFC 309 on Saturday night.

Stipe Miocic has released an emotional MMA farewell following his UFC 309 defeat to Jon Jones. Miocic was knocked out by Jones via a brutal spinning back kick in the third round of the pair’s main