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Tom Aspinall He was left crying about the end of “bull****” ufc 321 title fight on Saturday, after getting pricked in his eyes By Cyril Gane,
Britain’s Aspinall was First defense of the undisputed heavyweight titleAt a main event in Abu Dhabi, he was injured in both eyes at the same time in the first round.
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That foul by Gane led to the customary maximum five-minute interruption of proceedings, but after Aspinall was examined by the referee and a doctor, it was deemed that he could not continue.
Thus, the fight was declared a no contest due to an “accidental foul”, and fans at the Etihad Arena reacted by booing the unexpected ending.
“My eyeball is pretty badly bruised,” the 32-year-old Aspinall said in an interview after the cage fight. “What the hell, why are you yelling? What should I do about it? I didn’t poke, I can’t see!”
“That’s bulls***. The fight was just going on. Look at this, a double eye poke,” he continued, pointing to the slow motion replay on the big screen.
Gane, 35, also came under criticism for the way he conducted his post-fight interview in the Octagon. “I’m very sorry about this,” he said, to the crowd, for Tom Aspinallfor myself. This is the game.”
UFC President Dana White later said that Aspinall had been taken to a local hospital, and indicated that the promotion would arrange a rematch as soon as possible.
Wigan’s Aspinall made the rare decision to defend the interim heavyweight belt by defeating Curtis Blaydes in 60 seconds to retain the interim heavyweight belt in Manchester in July 2024.
Meanwhile, Gane heads into UFC 321 coming off a controversial decision victory against Alexander Volkov in December.