Jon Jones vs. Ciryl Gane headlines UFC 285 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 4
UFC president Dana White announced Saturday that the promotion was unable to come to terms with Ngannou for a new contract and has instead elected to release him from the promotion. With the reigning champion departing, the organization has now booked former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and former interim heavyweight titleholder Ciryl Gane for the main event of UFC 285 with the UFC heavyweight title on the line.
"We offered Francis a deal that would have made him the highest-paid heavyweight in the history of the company—more than Lesnar, more than anybody, and he turned the deal down." "We get to this point, where I've told you guys this before, if you don't want to be here, you don't have to be here," White said. "I think Francis is in a place right now where he doesn't want to take a lot of risks. He feels like he's in a good position where he could fight lesser opponents and make more money, so we're going to let him do that. We're going to release him from his contract.
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