Jon Jones expects ‘big victory’ after three years of preparation for Heavyweight clash
Follow live updates by: Jones fights Cyrillic Gane for the vacant heavyweight title UFC 285 tonight, later Valentina Shevchenko protects the welter belt against Alexa Grasso.
Former two-time light-heavyweight champion Jones on top of a stacked card at the Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena He’s back after a three-year hiatus and finally promoted to heavyweight. Two months after Francis Ngannou relinquished the title, the turn is at stake as American Jones faces former interim belt-holder French Gane.
In the co-main event, Shevchenko wants to maintain his dominant reign in flyweight as he defends gold against Mexico’s Grasso, and there are more interesting matches before that.
Emergingweight Shavkat Rakhmonov, Geoff Neal and middleweight contender Bo Nickal are looking to build on their perfect 16-0 record of eight knockouts and eight surrenders as they face Jamie Pickett. What’s more, Mateusz Gamrot and Jalin Turner face off in a highly anticipated lightweight match, featuring former smallweight champion Cody Garbrandt, veteran Derek Brunson and up-and-coming Irishman Ian Machado Garry.
Follow live updates and results UFC 285 main cards and qualifiers, below. The card will be streamed live on BT Sport in the UK, and the broadcaster’s app and website will also stream the fights. In the US, ESPN+ will broadcast the action live, as will the UFC’s Fight Pass.
UFC 285 LIVE
Subject to last-minute changes (like when last week’s Fight Night main event crashed about an hour ago!), here’s the full UFC 285 card:
Jon Jones vs Ciryl Gane (vacant heavyweight title)
Valentina Shevchenko (current) vs Alexa Grasso (women’s welterweight champion)
Geoff Neal vs Shavkat Rakhmonov (heavyweight)
Mateusz Gamrot vs Jalin Turner (light)
Bo Nickal vs Jamie Pickett (middleweight)
Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt wants to get back to his winning ways
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Cody Garbrandt vs Trevin Jones ( bantamweight)
Derek Brunson vs Dricus Du Plessis (middleweight)
Viviane Araujo vs Amanda Ribas (women’s welterweight)
Julian Marquez vs Marc-Andre Barriault (middleweight)
Ian Machado Garry vs Song Kenan (heavyweight)
Mana Martinez vs Cameron Saaiman ( bantamweight )
Jessica Penne vs Tabatha Ricci (women’s strawweight)
Da’Mon Blackshear vs Farid Basharat (welterweight)
Kamuela Kirk vs Esteban Ribovics (lightweight)
Alex PattleMarch 4, 2023 22:20
UFC 285 LIVE
In the co-main event, Shevchenko wants to maintain his dominant reign in flyweight as he defends gold against Mexico’s Grasso, and there are more interesting matches before that.
Emergingweight Shavkat Rakhmonov, Geoff Neal and middleweight contender Bo Nickal are looking to build on their perfect 16-0 record of eight knockouts and eight surrenders as they face Jamie Pickett. What’s more, Mateusz Gamrot and Jalin Turner face off in a highly anticipated lightweight match, featuring former smallweight champion Cody Garbrandt, veteran Derek Brunson and up-and-coming Irishman Ian Machado Garry.
Alex PattleMarch 4, 2023 21:54