The Ringer MMA Show

Instant UFC 285 Reaction: Jon Jones Dominates Ciryl Gane in Heavyweight Debut, Alexa Grasso Stuns Valentina, and a New P4P Debate!

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About the episode

Making their Twitter Spaces debut, Petesy Carroll, Chuck Mindenhall, and TST react to an insane night of fights at UFC 285, discussing the following:

  • Jon Jones’s incredible first-round submission win over Ciryl Gane and how Jones’s performance exceeded all of our expectations (2:53)
  • Whether Jones will top 3PAC’s pound-for-pound rankings, which will get released this week here
  • Is Stipe Miocic next for Jones? And will Jones vs. Francis Ngannou ever happen? (19:40)
  • Alexa Grasso’s improbable submission victory over former flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko, if Father Time is defeating Shevchenko, and whether “The Bullet” deserves an immediate rematch (28:25)
  • What we learned about budding welterweight star Shavkat Rakhmonov in his gutsy win over Geoff Neal. Plus, who should Shavkat face next? (38:42)
  • The highly anticipated UFC debut of Bo Nickal and what 3PAC liked and didn’t like about his showing (50:00)

Plus, the guys discuss wins for Mateusz Gamrot, Ian Garry, Cody Garbrandt, Dricus Du Plessis, and which performance tonight impressed us the most.

If you have a question/comment/concern about anything in the world of combat sports, please send us a voice message at TheRingerMMAShow@gmail.com and we might feature you in our next episode!

Hosts: Petesy Carroll, Chuck Mindenhall

Producer: Troy Farkas

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