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Jon Jones reflects on UFC 285 championship victory: ‘This is my destiny. It’s my identity’

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Off the back of his vacant heavyweight championship victory at UFC 285 last weekend, former light heavyweight kingpin, Jon Jones claims it was his “destiny” and “identity” to return to the sport triumphantly and strike gold following a three-year layoff.

Jones, who headlined UFC 285 last weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada, managed to win the vacant heavyweight championship at the T-Mobile Arena – stopping former interim division champion, Ciryl Gane in a dominant, first round guillotine choke triumph.

The outing came as Endicott native, Jones’ first since February 2020, where he headlined UFC 247 in Houston, Texas – taking home his light heavyweight championship in a close, unanimous decision win over Dominick Reyes.