Jones vs Gane: UFC 285: Jon Jones is coming back to the UFC after three years and will go straight for the vacant heavyweight title against Ciryl Gane in the main event of UFC 285 on March 4 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. That said, Jones’ UFC return seems to be a reason why US rapper Lil Wayne is still interested in the UFC. Follow UFC News Updates with InsideSport.IN.
Following Alexander Volkanovski’s controversial loss against Islam Makhachev at UFC 284, Lil Wayne expressed his discomfort on Twitter and claimed to never watch a UFC fight again. However, he changed his statement after a while and seemed interested in Jon Jones and Conor McGregor making their way back to the octagon soon.
In response, Jon Jones tagged Lil Wayne as ‘Real’ and showed mutual respect. Here’s a look at Jones’ tweet.
The former light heavyweight champion wrote, “Real Recognize Real.”
Real Recognize Real https://t.co/scjHC2qBzX
— BONY (@JonnyBones) February 16, 2023
Jon Jones is arguably the greatest MMA fighter to have ever lived. However, there will be no more debate if he gets to win the UFC heavyweight title. Having conquered the light heavyweight division as an all-time legend, Jones’ heavyweight debut will put him in the clutches of analysts and critics.
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He has looked invincible his whole life except for the past few bouts against Dominic Reyes and Thiago Santos. Several people doubted Jones’ win over Reyes and tagged the latter as the deserving winner of the fight. Now that Jon Jones is making his heavyweight debut at UFC 285, it remains to be seen whether he can impose a similar level of dominance. Here’s a look at UFC 285 Jones vs Gane fight card.
UFC 285 Jones vs Gane Main card
Jon Jones vs Ciryl Gane- Vacant Heavyweight title
Valentina Shevchenko (C) vs Alexa Grasso- Women’s flyweight title
Geoff Neal vs Shavkat Rakhmonov- Welterweight
Bo Nickal vs Jamie Pickett- Middleweight
UFC 285 Jones vs Gane Prelims
Dereck Brunson vs Dricuss Du Plessis- Middleweight
Viviane Araujo vs Amanda Ribas- Women’s flyweight
Julian Marquez vs Marc-Andre Barriault- Middleweight
UFC 285 Jones vs Gane- Early Prelims
Ian Garry vs Kenan Song- Welterweight
Mana Martinez vs Cameron Saaiman- Bantamweight
Jessica Penne vs Tabatha Ricci- Women’s strawweight
Da’Mon Blackshear vs Farid Basharat- Bantamweight
Kamuela Kirk vs Esteban Ribovics- Lightweight
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