What do Jon Jones, Ciryl Gane weigh for main event?
UFC 285 is happening on Saturday evening in Las Vegas, and the matchup between Jon Jones and Ciryl Gane has all people ready in anticipation.
As Jones makes the transition to the heavyweight class, the weigh-ins previous to UFC 285 have been an enormous speaking level. So, how a lot does every of them weigh?
Ciryl Gane weighed in at 247.5 kilos forward of the occasion.
247.5lbs for his shot at undisputed gold!@Ciryl_Gane makes it official for tomorrow’s #UFC285 main occasion! pic.twitter.com/6U7HGHngAk
— UFC (@ufc) March 3, 2023
Nonetheless, even with Jones making the transition from light-weight to heavyweight, he weighed only a tad greater than his opponent at 248 kilos even.
Jon Jones weighed in at 248 kilos forward of his heavyweight debut ⚖️ #UFC285 pic.twitter.com/IwuxAfvAoY
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) March 3, 2023
That’s considerably stunning given the transfer, however the struggle between Jon Jones and Ciryl Gane can have plenty of eyeballs at T-Cell Area on Saturday evening.
Jones enters with a protracted checklist of UFC accolades: 18 straight wins, 14 title struggle wins, and 11 consecutive title defenses. Nonetheless, he has been away from the game since February 2020.
Gane is a tricky opponent for Jones in his heavyweight debut, and he lately defeated Tai Tuivasa in a three-round knockout in September 2022.
The UFC 285 co-main occasion options the Ladies’s Flyweight title bout with Valentina Shevchenko and Alexa Grasso battling it out in addition to a Welterweight Bout between Geoff Neal and Shavkat Rakhmonov, amongst others.
Nonetheless, all eyes might be on the main occasion between Jon Jones and Ciryl Gane, and the long-awaited return of Jones — and his first heavyweight struggle — will lastly happen.
The UFC heavyweight title is vacant, so the winner of Jon Jones and Ciryl Gane will stroll away with the title, so it’s secure to say there’s a ton on the road for these two fighters.
