Jon Jones is two-weight UFC champion after demolishing Ciryl Gane in one round

Jon Jones is unbeaten since 2009

Jon Jones made a triumphant instrumentality to the UFC aft 3 years to taxable Ciryl Gane and triumph the heavyweight rubric astatine UFC 285 successful Las Vegas.

Jones, 35, forced France's Gane, 32, to pat with a guillotine choke to involvement his assertion arsenic MMA's top fighter.

Speaking aft the win, Jones referenced his "GOAT" (greatest of each time) presumption by saying "Baa".

He has present competed successful 16 rubric fights successful the UFC, winning each azygous brushwood - though his 2017 triumph implicit Daniel Cormier was overturned to a no-contest.

Jones joins an elite people of fighters who person won UFC titles astatine 2 value divisions, including Conor McGregor and his bitter rival Cormier.

Two-time heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic was cageside watching the contest, and Jones instantly called retired the erstwhile rubric holder.

"Stipe Miocic, I anticipation you're training," helium said. "You're the top heavyweight of each clip and I privation you. I privation you existent bad."

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Return of the king

Jones' past quality successful the octagon was successful February 2020 erstwhile helium edged Dominick Reyes connected points to successfully support his light-heavyweight title.

At that time, Jones' information was questioned aft a lacklustre show but the occurrence was intelligibly backmost successful the past shaper arsenic helium walked to the cage.

Gane emerged archetypal successful his 2nd effort astatine becoming a heavyweight satellite champion, but his reception was thing compared to the crowd's absorption to Jones' return.

"The champ is here" played retired implicit the speakers for Jones's entranceway arsenic the antheral who could not beryllium stopped astatine light-heavyweight acceptable his sights connected the heavyweight division.

Ciryl Gane is simply a seasoned heavyweight and a erstwhile rubric challenger

Throughout the week successful Vegas, Jones had insisted the combat with Gane was a mismatch, but fewer could person predicated specified a ascendant performance.

A groin footwear aft 7 seconds momentarily interrupted an unthinkable ambiance earlier Jones took over.

There was hardly a infinitesimal for commentators to settee into their bushed earlier Jones ducked nether a lazy punch from Gane and took the Frenchman's back.

Jones was capable to grapple Gane to the crushed and came retired connected apical of a speedy scramble arsenic Gane tried to retreat with his backmost against the cage.

Jones sunk successful a guillotine choke nether the chin of Gane and the Frenchman tapped retired soon afterwards.

The referee stepped successful to halt the contention and Jones casually walked distant to soak up the raucous applause earlier climbing connected apical of the octagon to observe further.

It marks the 27th triumph of Jones' singular career, which includes conscionable 1 decision - a arguable disqualification to Matt Hammill successful 2009 - and that no-contest against Cormer successful 2017.

"I had a beardown condemnation that if I got him down to the ground, the combat would beryllium successful my area," Jones said.

"I've been wrestling since I was 12 years aged and I consciousness stronger, much comfortable, particularly connected the ground, than ever.

"With kickboxing, you ne'er cognize what's going to happen. I zig, helium zags. There was a large feeling retired process, I really felt a small goofy connected the feet - it's been a while.

"But erstwhile I got my hands connected him, I knew that's wherever I'm astir comfy and wherever I could instrumentality control."

Grasso makes past for Mexico

Alexa Grasso has 16 wins and 3 losses successful her MMA career

In the co-main event, Alexa Grasso upset the likelihood to dethrone Valentina Shevchenko and assertion the flyweight title.

In beating Shevchenko, 29-year-old Grasso became Mexico's archetypal pistillate UFC champion.

An ill-judged spinning back-kick from Shevchenko successful the 4th circular allowed Grasso to instrumentality her backmost and taxable the defending champion with a rear-naked choke.

Emotion poured retired of Grasso erstwhile Shevchenko tapped, aft 7 years successful the UFC moving to go a champion.

"Please pinch maine due to the fact that I consciousness similar I'm dreaming," Grasso said.

"It was training, I'm grooming each azygous time for that happening due to the fact that I cognize she does those spinning things.

"I trained that due to the fact that I cognize she hits hard, she's a large athlete."

Shevchenko, 34, had not mislaid since 2017 and that was to two-weight champion Amanda Nunes astatine bantamweight.

The Kyrgyzstan-born combatant is considered the UFC's champion ever flyweight aft claiming the vacant rubric successful 2018 and successfully defending it 7 times since then.

Grasso was unfancied coming into the contention but began strongly, utilising her striking successful the aboriginal minutes and rocking Shevchenko connected a fewer occasions.

Shevchenko went to her wrestling and takedowns and rapidly took over, but Grasso remained unsafe connected her feet and bided her clip earlier a aureate accidental presented itself.

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Shevchenko had made bully usage of her kicks, arsenic she truthful often does, to support Grasso disconnected her, but a poorly judged effort astatine a spinning backmost footwear would spell the opening of the extremity of her reign arsenic champion.

Grasso bounced connected the accidental to ellipse to Shevchenko's backmost and rapidly sunk successful a submission.

The Mexican was successful tears arsenic she raised her arms successful celebration.

Grasso improves her grounds to 16 wins and 3 defeats, portion Shevchenko instantly called for a rematch aft the 4th nonaccomplishment of her career.