Who would not love long-lost footage?
Earlier than Final Preventing Championship (UFC) Heavyweight champion Jon Jones makes the stroll for his thirtieth blended martial arts (MMA) battle at UFC 309 this weekend (Sat., Nov. 16, 2024) in opposition to Stipe Miocic inside Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis, beforehand unreleased footage of a 20-year-old “Bones” preventing a former UFC fighter has surfaced.
Here is some context.
Jones made his skilled MMA debut in 2008, and in a yr’s time, he rattled off eight fights, together with two inside UFC (Andre Gusmao and Stephan Bonnar). Prior to creating his UFC debut in Aug. 2008, he fought Parker Porter at World Championship Preventing 3 (now Fight FC) in June 2008, and up till at this time, there was solely grainy, cageside footage of the battle (that you simply’d discover on the Sherdog boards)
Right this moment, CombatFC launched the whole 36-second battle on their YouTube channel.
Jones threw a head kick, took Porter down, let him again up, landed an elbow after which three knees to the physique, and eventually viciously knocked Porter out.
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Porter finally made it to UFC as a Heavyweight and had some success, however he additionally ended up on a number of fighters’ spotlight reels. The 39-year-old was launched in 2023 with a 4-4 document contained in the promotion.
If Jones actually needs legacy fights after his bout with Miocic, then a rematch with Porter is a should.
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