Jon Jones vs. Ciryl Gane at UFC 285??
T-Cell Enviornment leaked a UFC 285 commercial on Saturday displaying Jon Jones and Ciryl Gane headlining UFC 285 for the heavyweight title on March 4.
That is gonna be loopy 🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/Segj8FOc7V
— Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155) January 14, 2023
The commercial was shortly eliminated, however the implications are enormous. There was no point out of an interim title, which means heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou might not have reached an settlement with the battle promotion.
Curiously, on Friday, Gane known as out Jones for a March matchup in Las Vegas. “The place you at @JonnyBones? I’m free this March, Vegas,” Gane wrote on Twitter.
The place you at @JonnyBones?
I am free this March, Vegas 📍 pic.twitter.com/vc5i0UC07f
— Ciryl Gane (@ciryl_gane) January 12, 2023
MMAfighting’s Steve Marrocco reported that Jones vs. Gane will not be a finished deal and the commercial was a mistake.
I have been instructed the Gane vs. Jones T-Cell graphic has been taken down, was a behind-the-scenes mistake. Struggle not finished deal.
— Steven Marrocco (@MMAFightingSM) January 14, 2023
Jones final fought in February 2020, defending the sunshine heavyweight title by defeating Dominick Reyes by unanimous choice at UFC 247. He later vacated the championship to pursue a run on the heavyweight title.
Gane final fought in September, knocking out Tai Tuivasa. He beforehand held the interim heavyweight title however was defeated by Ngannou in a unification bout at UFC 270.
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