Excitement is reaching a fever pitch among UFC fans as they gear up for the highly-anticipated UFC 285 event. The main event will feature the long-awaited return of Jon Jones, who will be facing off against Ciryl Gane for the heavyweight championship. Both fighters successfully made weight, and the event is set to take place in just a few hours at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
If that was not enough, the one and only Conor McGregor made a surprise appearance at the ceremonial weigh-ins to rally the fans for another surprise guest. “The Notorious” one took the stage for a brief moment and got the fans hyped for his ‘Road House’ co-star, Jake Gyllenhaal.
As revealed later by Dana White, the ‘Road House’ team wanted to film a scene featuring Gyllenhaal at the weigh-ins. Although they scheduled the filming for before the ceremonial weigh-ins, they pushed it to the end later.
However, what caught the fans’ attention was the insane physical shape Gyllenhaal showed up in. They used it as an excuse to sneak a few cheeky comments in, targeting the veteran actor.
Fans react to Jake Gyllenhaal filming at UFC 285 weigh-ins
In a brief couple of minutes, Gyllenhaal took the stage, took off his shirt, posed for the cameras, and even got into an altercation with his on-screen opponent. In short, the veteran actor and his team filmed staged and filmed a typical UFC weigh-in scene. Popular UFC figures like Dana White and Jon Anik were also in the shot, with Anik briefly interviewing Gyllenhaal as well.
A clipf of the same shared by ESPN MMA had the caption, “Jake is shredded.” Following are some of the reactions from the fans:
- Anyone drug testing Jake Gyllenhaal?… USADA?…
- Jake paul vs Jake Gylenhaal confirmed
- He’d fail a USADA spit test
- Is he the backup for Jones vs. Gane?
- This dude is like 40 by now looking more elite than actual athletes
- He sleeps Jones and Gane
- Jake Paul’s going to call him out now
- He don’t have to worry about USADA lmao
- Where is USADA when you need them
- Tom Hardy enters the conversation
‘Road House’ produced by Prime Video is a remake of the 1989 classic of the same name. The film with Gyllenhaal in the lead will also mark the Hollywood debut of UFC’s Conor McGregor. The 42-year-old actor revealed a few months ago that most of the filming had been wrapped.
With any luck, fans can see Gyllenhaal and McGregor in action in ‘Road House’ in the latter half of this year.
