In the fallout of Tom Aspinall’s fight with Ciryl Gane, much of the focus has been on the double eye poke that left the British champion unable to continue. Yet before Gane’s foul on Aspinall, the UFC heavyweight title fight was shaping up to be intriguing.
Aspinall was defending the undisputed heavyweight belt for the first time on Saturday, in the main event of UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi, when he was poked in both eyes at the same time, leaving him unable to keep fighting. As such, the bout was ruled a No Contest in the very first round.
