UFC 285 live updates: Jon Jones claims heavyweight title; Alex Grasso shocks MMA world (2025)

Jon Jones defeated Ciryl Gane via first-round guillotine submission to claim the UFC’s heavyweight championship at UFC 285 on Saturday in Las Vegas. The longtime light heavyweight champion joined Conor McGregor, Amanda Nunes, Daniel Cormier and Henry Cejudo as the only fighters in promotion history to hold titles in different divisions.

Jones, two minutes into the bout, secured a takedown and immediately took Gane’s back. He eventually sunk in the choke to have gold wrapped around his waist again.

Jones, 35, improved to 27-1-1. He has not dropped a fight since being disqualified for illegal elbows vs. Matt Hamill in December 2009 in a bout he was dominating to that point. Gane (11-2), who won the first 10 fights of his career, has now lost two of his last three.

“Y'all want to see me beat up Stipe?” Jones said in the postfight interview. “One thing I know about the UFC is we give the fans what they want to see. Stipe Miocic, I hope you’re training, my guy. You're the greatest heavyweight of all time. That’s what I want – I want you real bad.”

In the co-main event, Alexa Grasso submitted longtime flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko in a monster upset. Shevchenko, who has held the belt since December 2018, suffered her first defeat since losing at bantamweight to Amanda Nunes in September 2017.

Grasso, of Mexico, was likely trailing 2-1 on the scorecards heading into the fourth round. Shevchenko attempted a spinning back fist and missed, and Grasso quickly took her back and forced her to the mat. Grasso (16-3) sunk in the rear-naked choke 4:34 into the round. She has won five fights in a row.

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• Jon Jones defeats Ciryl Gane via first-round submission
• Alexa Grasso defeats Valentina Shevchenko via fourth-round submission
• Shavkat Rakhmonov defeats Geoff Neal via third-round submission
• Mateusz Gamrot defeats. Jalin Turner via split decision
• Bo Nickal defeats Jamie Pickett via first-round submission
• Cody Garbrandt defeats Trevin Jones via unanimous decision
• Dricus du Plessis defeated Derek Brunson via second-round corner stoppage
• Amanda Ribas defeats Viviane Araújo via unanimous decision
• Marc-André Barriault defeats Julian Marquez via second-round TKO
• Ian Garry defeats Song Kenan via third-round TKO
• Cameron Saaiman defeats Leomana Martinez via majority decision
• Tabatha Ricci defeats Jessica Penne via second-round submission
• Farid Basharat defeats Da’Mon Blackshear via unanimous decision
• Loik Radzhabov defeats Esteban Ribovic via unanimous decision

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First half of round little action of significance. Both fighters throwing and not landing. Grasso goes for a takedown but unsuccessful. Shevchenko lands a nice jab. Grasso ducks a punch and gets Shevchenko’s gets the back!

Grasso on Shevchenko’s back and gets the rear-naked choke!

Shevchenko lands a short left hook. Nice back and forth with Grasso connecting on a straight left and Shevchenko landing a kick. Shevchenko ducks a punch and takes Grasso down for ground-and-pound. After some non-action, the ref stands them up. Shevchenko takes Grasso down again and has her back as the round ends.

29-28 Shevchenko.

Shevchenko ducks a punch and takes Grasso down to the mat. Ground-and-pound while in Grasso’s guard. Now into side control looking for crucifix choke but Grasso able to get up. Both now standing but Shevchenko takes her opponent down again.

Clear Shevchenko round. 19-19.

Shevchenko lands a spinning back fist followed by a kick to the body. Grasso, after multiple missed punches, finally gets a straight left through. Another left by Grasso! Shevchenko looks a bit hurt but still up. Shevchenko seems okay, landing kicks and attempting a spinning back fist. Grasso landed only a few but they were the most significant of the round.

Rakhmonov showed why he’s one of the UFC’s rising stars on Saturday night, defeating Geoff Neal via third-round standing rear-naked choke. He withstood some strong shots by Neal by overpowering his opponent with heavy combinations throughout.

Rakhmonov (17-0) landed a hard straight right that staggered Neal late in the third and followed with a hard knee to the body. He followed up by taking Neal’s back and sinking in the choke with his back against the fence.

Rakhmonov is the first fighter to finish Neal, who fell to 15-5 for his career.

Mateusz Gamrot defeated Jalin Turner via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27) at UFC 285. Gamrot utilized his superior wrestling and grappling skills by taking down Turner multiple times in the three rounds for ground-and-pound. He improved to 22-2-1 and has won five of his last six fights.

After the fight he said he wants a top five opponent.

Turner had won five in a row going into the matchup.

Gamrot landed a huge takedown late in the second round for ground-and-pound. Had him in a crucifix position and pounded his face with blows from above. He should be up 2-0 entering the third.

Rising star Bo Nickal took Jamie Pickett down early and, after some struggle early, sunk in a arm-triangle choke that forced his opponent to tap. The hype is real, my friends.

Nickal, a former All-American and champion wrestler at Penn State, is now 4-0 with four first-round finishes.

“You bet your ass I'm getting the belt,” Nickal said, “and I'll be the pound-for-pound best fighter before my career is done.”

Cody Garbrandt defeated Trevin Jones via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) at UFC 285. Garbrandt didn't look like the Garbrandt of old, but he landed enough damage on Jones to take the decision. This was a huge victory for Garbrandt, the former UFC bantamweight champion, who entered the fight having lost five of his last six bouts.

Derek Brunson’s corner threw in the towel after the second round, giving Dricus Du Plessis the victory at UFC 285. Brunson had a strong first round, taking Du Plessis to the mat for heavy ground-and-pound, but his opponent came out aggressive in the second and it paid off. Du Plessis dropped Brunson with a 1-2 combination and, in top position, rained down heavy shots from above. With seconds remaining in the round he slammed Brunson’s face with a hard left.

Du Plessis is now 19-2 and on a seven-fight win streak. Brunson, once a title contender, has dropped two in a row.

Amanda Ribas defeated Viviane Araujo via unanimous decision (29-27, 30-26, 30-27) at UFC 285 on Saturday. She dropped her opponent in the second round with a right and pounced for ground-and-pound and submission attempts. She continued being the aggressor in the third and easily took the fight.

Ribas is now 12-3 having split her last four fights. Araujo is 11-5 and on a two-fight losing streak.

Marc-Andre Barriault defeated Julian Marquez with a ruthless barrage of punches in the second round. Barriault had Marquez up against the cage midway through the round and landed a multitude of body shots and punches to the face while in the clinch. With blood spewing from Marquez’s face and punches coming in nonstop, the referee ended it early.

Barriault improved to 15-6-1. He’s won four of his last six bouts. Marquez has lost two in a row.