Jon Jones makes it look easy, stopping an elite heavyweight in the first in a flawless performance at UFC 285.
Round 1
Both men meet in the centre of the cage Jon throws an outside leg kick and Gane meets it with an inside one that catches the cup. The action resumes with Jon pressing forward. The first time they come close Jon clutches the back of Ciryl and gets the fight to the mat immediately. This came about after Jones slipped a jab and swiftly hooked Gane’s back.
Gane attempts to get back up with the help of the fence but Jones is relentless and forces him back to the mat. In complete control, Jon Jones works to secure a guillotine. He locks it in deep and Gane taps to declare Jon Jones the new UFC heavyweight champion of the world.
What’s Next?
In what many considered to be an inevitable outcome. Jon Jones has gone and done it in a way many didn’t think possible. Taking Ciryl Gane out and making it look easy the G.O.A.T conversation is starting to look out of the question.
Outside the cage, Jon has had his ups and downs, but once he steps into the cage he is a pure delight to watch.
Next for Jones, it appears the UFC are keen to make a fight with the consensus greatest heavyweight of all time Stipe Miocic. Many UFC officials touting the bout for international fight week in July. This seems the perfect next step.
For the heavyweight division, it brings Jones a whole new set of challengers. With a new look top ten coming to prominence in the years since Jon stepped away. Each and every fight will have a new rhetoric in the build-up.
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