Jon Jones returned from a three -year interruption that continued where he had gone with an amazing heavyweight title win.
Jon Jones added his name to a whole series of UFC legends by winning a second division title at UFC 285. While some believed that Ciryl Gane was the man to give Jones one of his few setbacks in the Octagon, Jones only needed two minutes to prove that he continued to defeat the man.
After the UFC Francis Ngannou has stripped the heavyweight championship after a tumultuous contract dispute, Jones and Gane UFC 285 to fight for the then vacant heavyweight belt. Jones made his heavyweight debut three years after completing his light heavyweight career with a victory over Dominick Reyes at UFC 247.
Some wondered if Jones would return to championship form after an absence of three years of the Octagon to rebuild his body for heavyweight. But Jones proved Rest was not only a myth, but a laughable after his performance at UFC 285.
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Jon Jones needed two minutes to put Ciryl Gane in heavyweight debut
Jones was confronted with a dangerous striker in Gane and started the fight with a provisional approach on the feet. But Jones did not last long to find his rhythm, giving him an easy Takedown and Gane against the fence.
In an entry that surprises fans and the UFC broadcasting team, Jones Gane tapped with a guillotine choke to become the new UFC heavyweight champion. It was a stunning loss for Gane, which fell in his second linear UFC title after a loss for Ngannou in a title Unification Bout on UFC 270.
In the meantime, Jones became the newest second division champion UFC by beating Gane. He then defended the heavyweight belt on UFC 309 in November and finished TKO Stipe Miocic in his first defending defense.
Gane bounced back from the loss of Jones to beat Serghei Spivac in Paris in September 2023. He defeated the most recently Alexander Volkov by a split decision on UFC 310, in which he conquered an injury in the middle of the fight to outpoint the talented Russian striker.
Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall Fight Talks received a strange update this week
Next to Jones is a potential collision with interim UFC heavyweight title holder Tom Aspinall. But Jones and his team remain in active negotiations with the UFC buyer, and it is uncertain whether the fight will flourish.
Aspinall has updated fans this week about the status of the Jones fight in a recent YouTube upload. He claimed that Jones was responsible for the holding of fighting and admitted that he is open to another competition if Jones De Stipelline does not quickly sign.
In the run -up to UFC 309, Jones repeatedly rejected the fight against Aspinall, but his attitude changed after a dominant performance against Miocic. A booking against Aspinall would be one of the biggest fights in the UFC history.
UFC CEO Dana White rejected a rumor that Jones asked $ 30 million to combat Aspinall. White is open to stripping Jones van de Riem if the Aspinall interviews do not claim.
Two years ago Jones UFC history wrote with his fast finish from Gane on UFC 285. Now Jones is at least another fight in active conversations before he brings his legendary career to an end.
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