The champ is here.
Despite coming off a three-year layoff, it took Jon Jones less than three minutes to claim the vacant Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight crown Saturday night. Jones, the former UFC light heavyweight kingpin, steamrolled Ciryl Gane — choking out the former interim champ with 2:04 remaining in the first round — in the UFC 285 main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Jones (27-1-0, 1 NC) backed up his claims as the best mixed martial arts fighter of all-time and became the eighth fighter in UFC history to win two belts at two separate weight classes, but the new champ already has a host of worthy challengers waiting in the wings.