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Tom Aspinall Has been diagnosed with a rare condition in both eyes and is yet to return to action as he provided a worrying update on he got hurt in his Heavyweight title defense against Cyril Gane at UFC 321,
gain Briton accidentally got holes in both his eyes At the end of the first round of their fight in Abu Dhabi on 25 October, Ripley was supporting him complained after the fight that French’s finger had penetrated his eye “to the knuckle”,
The 32-year-old champion, making his long-awaited first defense as undisputed champion, could not continue and the fight was canceled to a no contest before the first round ended.
Aspinall has now issued his first significant update on the injury status, posting a medical report on his Instagram account revealing he has been diagnosed with “significant bilateral Brown syndrome” – a rare condition where the eye cannot move upwards, especially when looking inwards.
He still suffers from “persistent double vision” and has reduced eye mobility, visual function and substantial field loss.
Aspinall has not been allowed to fight, let alone train, and has admitted he may need surgery, which could prevent him from fighting in 2026.
“We’ll have to see how it goes over the next few weeks. Obviously it depends on the experts and other things, but I’m not in the gym training at the moment,” he said on his YouTube channel.
“I’m not doing anything MMA-wise right now. I’m just following doctor’s orders and seeing what happens with my health.”
Aspinall is undergoing specialist treatment and has seen improvement since the injury a month ago, but the report added that “targeted periocular (around the eyeball) steroid injections or surgical intervention may be required to address persistent mobility impairment if symptoms do not resolve”.
Gane escaped disqualification for a strike to the eye in the main event of UFC 321, as referee Jason Herzog ruled it to be accidental rather than intentional.
The Atherton fighter says he has had no contact with Gane since the fight and is keen to get back in the cage with the 35-year-old once he has recovered.
Aspinall said, “I’m obviously very keen to come back and beat this guy. But I have to be 100% perfect.” “So whenever the eye is fit enough to go, that’s when I’ll do it.”