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News, Blog and GuidesFormer 205-pound champion Jon Jones is ready for his bout against France’s Ciryl Gane. We’ll tell you everything you need to know about their matchup.
Jeffrey MayJeff_DiarioASUpdate: Mar 3rd, 2023 13:35 EST
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When the former 205 pound champion Jon Jones takes on Frenchman Ciryl Gane in UFC 285 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, it will be for all the marbles. The winner will be the undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion.
Gane has won 11 of his 12 professional bouts, and now as interim heavyweight champion he has a tall order to fill. Defeating some big names on his way to this fight, Gane must now repeat the performance against a UFC legend in Jon Jones, who has cleaned up at light-heavy and is looking to become a two-weight world champion.
In the women’s division, Valentina Schevchenko will take on Mexico’s Alexa Grasso for the flyweight title, while the rest of the card features Geoff Neal vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov, Mateusz Gamrot vs. Jalin Turner and Bo Nickal vs. Jamie Pickett.
You can watch Jon Jones take on Ciryl Gane live stream on ESPN+
What time does UFC 285 get started?
The UFC 285: Jones vs Gane Early Prelims get underway Saturday, March 4 at:
5:30 p.m. ET2:30 p.m. PT
The Prelims get going at:
8 p.m. ET5 p.m. PT
The Main Card will air exclusively on ESPN+ at:
10 p.m. ET7 p.m. PT
Interesting to see Jones stare Gane right in the face. For the longest time he would look down during these faceoffs pic.twitter.com/w4TivGd285
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) March 3, 2023
How do I watch UFC 285?
TV and streaming: ESPN +
You can watch Jon Jones take on Ciryl Gane live stream on ESPN+
Who’s fighting at UFC 285?
Main Card
Main Event: Jon Jones vs Ciryl GaneCo-Main: Valentina Shevchenko vs Alexa GrassoGeoff Neal vs Shavkat RakhmonovMatesuz Gamrot vs Jalin TurnerBo Nickal vs Jamie Pickett
Prelims
Cody Garbrandt vs Trevin JonesDerek Brunson vs Dricus Du PlessisViviane Araújo vs Amanda RibasJulian Marquez vs Marc-Andre Barriault
Early Prelims
Ian Machado Garry vs Song KenanMana Martinez vs Cameron SaaimanJessica Penne vs Tabatha RicciDa’Mon Blackshear vs Farid BasharatEsteban Ribovics vs Loik Radzhabov
Gane talks what it would mean to be the first man to defeat Jon Jones #UFC285 pic.twitter.com/5cBXbPApsq
— UFC (@ufc) March 3, 2023
UFC 285 preview
Jon Jones
Jones set the UFC world on fire, going 26-1 as a professional, with his only loss a controversial disqualification in 2009. The 35-year-old former light-heavyweight world champion is back in the octagon after a three-year absence and is stepping up a weight class.
The American thinks that he has spotted holes in Gane’s game that he can exploit. “I respect Ciryl Gane, I really do. I say this humbly, but I study film constantly and I just see a lot of patterns. When he is in one stance, there’s things he really loves to do; he goes to the same well a lot. When he’s in the opposite stance, he has a lot of tendencies.”
