It was a dominant showing that ended with Jones landing a spinning back kick to the body to put away Miocic in the third round of their contest. With the win, Jones not only defended his heavyweight belt and cemented himself as arguably the greatest fighter in the sport's history but also proved that he's the best fighter today – at least according to White.

The UFC heavyweight champion protected his spot at the apex of mixed martial arts on Saturday night with a dominant win over Stipe Miocic, delivering a roundhouse kick to Miocic’s gut with his left leg that crumbled Miocic to the mat in the third round.

Jon Jones sent Stipe Miocic into retirement with a stunning back kick to the ribs and used a series of blows to the head in the third round to retain the UFC heavyweight championship in front of President-elect Donald Trump in the main event of UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.

The President-elect was joined by Robert F Kennedy Jr, Tulsi Gabbard and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Trump was accompanied by UFC President Dana White and the pair headed to their cageside seats to Kid Rock's “American Bad Ass." UFC aired a video package of Trump's road to reclaiming the White House,

President-elect Donald Trump walked into Madison Square Garden alongside UFC CEO Dana White, Elon Musk and Kid Rock for UFC 309 on Saturday.