UFC 285 in Las Vegas will have an epic main event between a returning Jon Jones and a rising star in Ciryl Gane for the heavyweight title.
at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 4 for the heavyweight title. The bout will headline UFC 285. Against Reyes, he defended his light heavyweight championship and since then has been bulking up to take on the heavyweight division in the mixed martial arts promotion.
The announcement came after the company was unable to strike a new deal with current champion Francis Ngannou. White said he offered Ngannou the richest deal for a heavyweight in UFC history to fight Jones but he turned it down. So White turned to Gane. "Many believe, including me, he’s the best of all time," White said."Jon Jones has been ready, willing and able to fight anybody. He didn't care who it was.""When I started watching this, Jon Jones was one of my favorite fighters," Gane told reporters at the UFC Vegas 67 post-event press conference, via MMA Fighting.
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