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.

This past Saturday night in the main event of UFC 309, the heavyweight title was on the line. In a battle of The GOATs, Jon Jones (28-1, 1 NC) returned to defend his heavyweight title against arguably the greatest heavyweight in the history of the promotion,