UFC 285 Jones vs Gane card: Next Saturday, March 4, the UFC will host UFC 285 at the T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, returning to pay-per-view. After a three-year hiatus, Jon Jones will return at UFC 285 main event to challenge Ciryl Gane for the vacant heavyweight title. Valentina Shevchenko will defend her women’s flyweight title against Alexa Grasso in the co-main event. Let’s look at the fighters who will battle on the Jon Jones vs Ciryl Gane lineup for UFC 285. Follow the latest UFC 285: Valentina Shevchenko vs Alexa Grasso Updates with InsideSport.IN
UFC 285: Jon Jones vs Ciryl Gane | MAIN EVENT
- Jon Jones
Jon Jones won his 11th successful title defense as the UFC light heavyweight champion against Dominick Reyes in February 2020, the final time spectators saw him compete in the Octagon. Six months later, Jones gave up the title and started working on a new project. Jones had his sights set on moving up to the heavyweight classification during the previous few years, but he needed some time to get used to competing in a new, higher-weight division.
Jones, who was 23 years old when he won the UFC’s title in 2011, has since amassed a 26-1 MMA record, with his lone defeat occurring in 2009 when he was disqualified for using illegal elbows. Jones, who is 6’4″, reportedly weighs 255 pounds, up 51 pounds from his previous UFC weigh-in. Jones is a skilled striker and has shown he can wrestle with the best of them, most notably Daniel Cormier when he was 205 pounds.
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Ciryl Gane
Ciryl Gane is a powerful attacker who is agile, rangy, and athletic. He has been almost faultless since making his UFC debut in 2019.
Gane, 32 years old and 11-1 in the professional ranks, has only lost once to the previous heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou. The American and Frenchman are around the same size, despite the American being far more accustomed to heavyweight combat. Gane is more of a typical striker who depends on footwork, upper-body movement, and hand speed, yet he can easily hurl opponents to the ground with his 6’5″, 247-lb bulk.
UFC 285: Valentina Shevchenko vs Alexa Grasso
- Valentina Shevchenko
With a record of 23 victories and three losses, including eight knockouts and seven submission wins, Valentina Shevchenko enters the Octagon. In her final contest, she won the UFC Women’s Flyweight Championship over Taila Santos at UFC 275 on June 11, 2022, at Singapore Indoor Stadium, by a split decision.
According to the statistics, Shevchenko has a modest strength advantage with a 35% knockout rate. The fighting histories indicate that she will likely prevail in a ground battle because of his 30% surrender rate.
- Alexa Grasso
With a record of 15 wins, three losses, and 0 draws, including four knockouts and one submission, Alexa Grasso will enter the ring. Four out of Grasso’s previous five opponents have lost to her. Grasso won unanimously over Viviane Araujo at UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo on October 15, 2022, at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States in her last bout.
Grasso has a 27% knockout percentage. Meanwhile, she only has a 7% submit rate if the fight moves to the ground game.
Other fighters on the main card
Before the two title fights at UFC 285, there were plenty of exciting matches. Bo Nickal will face Jamie Pickett in his UFC debut as the 2019 Dan Hodge Award winner for the nation’s top college wrestler. Nickal defeated all three opponents in 147 seconds during his first MMA season in 2022. Shavkat Rakhmonov, a rising storm over the welterweight category, collides with Geoff Neal, a powerful striker.
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UFC 285 FULL FIGHT CARD and BETTING ODDS
- Jon Jones -165 vs. Ciryl Gane +140 (Vacant UFC heavyweight championship)
- Valentina Shevchenko -625 vs. Alexa Grasso +450 (UFC women’s flyweight championship)
- Matuesz Gamrot -170 vs. Jalin Turner +145 (lightweights)
- Shavkat Rakhmonov -500 vs. Geoff Neal +380 (welterweights)
- Bo Nickal -1400 vs. Jamie Pickett +800 (middleweights)
- Dricus du Plessis -240 vs. Derek Brunson +200 (middleweights)
- Ian Garry -550 vs. Son Kenan +400 (welterweights)
- Cody Garbrandt -165 vs. Trevin Jones +140 (bantamweight)
- Amanda Ribas -130 vs. Viviane Araujo +110 (women’s flyweights)
- Marc-Andre Barriault -125 vs. Julian Marquez +105 (middleweights)
- Cameron Saaiman -260 vs. Mana Martinez +210 ( bantamweight)
- Tabatha Ricci -230 vs. Jessica Penne +190 (women’s strawweight)
- Farid Basharat -440 vs. Da’mon Blackshear +340 (bantamweight)
- Esteban Ribovics -195 vs. Kamuela Kirk +165 (lightweights)
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