Former
Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champ Jon Jones came
in just slightly heavier than Ciryl
Gane.
As expected, both heavyweights had no issue making weight for their
vacant title fight ahead of UFC
285. Jones (26-1, 1 NC) officially weighed 248 pounds, and
he’ll be the heftier man in the cage by a whisker as Gane (11-1)
weighed 247.5 pounds. The co-main event is also a title fight, and
will see Valentina
Shevchenko defend her flyweight belt against challenger
Alexa
Grasso. Both women weighed 124.5 pounds.
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As for the rest of the card, both Geoff Neal
and Leomana
Martinez came in overweight and received 30% fines of their
purses. Neal weighed in at 175 pounds, four over the welterweight
limit, ahead of his match with Shavkat
Rakhmonov. Meanwhile, Martinez came in at 137 pounds for his
bantamweight contest against Cameron
Saaiman.
This marks the first fight since 2020 for “Bones.” The Jackson-Wink
MMA product hasn’t lost a fight since a controversial 2009
disqualification, and has never truly tasted defeat in his career.
While failed drug tests have negatively impacted his career, Jones’
accolades are undeniable and his return is massively anticipated
after reigning over the light heavyweight division for nearly a
decade.
“Bon Gamin” looked solid in his last outing, knocking out Tai Tuivasa
in the third round to bounce back from his first pro loss. This
victory followed a decision defeat to Francis
Ngannou for the undisputed heavyweight championship. With the
belt now vacant, Gane will get a second shot at being a UFC
champion with no interim label attached.
UFC 285’s main card will stream live on ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10
p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on Saturday. Prelims begin at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30
p.m. PT on UFC Fight Pass and ESPN+ before transitioning to ESPN
and ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
UFC 285 Weigh-in Results:
Jon
Jones (248) vs. Ciryl Gane
(247.5)
Valentina
Shevchenko (124.5) vs. Alexa
Grasso (124.5)
Geoff
Neal (175)* vs. Shavkat
Rakhmonov (171)
Mateusz
Gamrot (156) vs. Jalin
Turner (155.5)
Bo
Nickal (185.5) vs. Jamie
Pickett (186)
Cody
Garbrandt (136) vs. Trevin
Jones (135)
Derek
Brunson (185.5) vs. Dricus Du
Plessis (185)
Viviane
Araujo (126) vs. Amanda
Ribas (126)
Marc-Andre
Barriault (185) vs. Julian
Marquez (186)
Ian
Garry (171) vs. Kenan Song
(171)
Leomana
Martinez (137)** vs. Cameron
Saaiman (135)
Jessica
Penne (116) vs. Tabatha
Ricci (115.5)
Farid
Basharat (136) vs. Da’Mon
Blackshear (136)
Loik
Radzhabov (155.5) vs. Esteban
Ribovics (156)
* Neal weighed four pounds over the welterweight limit and has
been fined 30% of his purse.
** Martinez weighed one pound over the bantamweight limit and
has been fined 30% of his purse.