UFC’s Tom Aspinall struggling to see after eye poke in troubling…
UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall still can’t see out of 1 eye after struggling a double eye poke in his controversial championship bout against Ciryl Gane on Oct. 25.
“(The doctor) said it’s bad, not good. His eye is a little bit more closed than it was. His right eye still can’t see anything. Said it’s gray,” Aspinall’s father, Andy, said Tuesday in a YouTube video.
“(They) tested him on words, and he just couldn’t see anything. His left eye, 50 percent. He went about four letters (down the letter chart) and then just couldn’t see letters. So one is really, really blurry and one is still not working.”
The UFC 321 main event in Abu Dhabi this past weekend ended in a no contest when Gane poked Aspinall in each of his eyes late in the first round.
Aspinall, 32, didn’t regain imaginative and prescient in his proper eye during the five-minute official break, which resulted in the match being dominated a no contest.
Fans booed while he did a post-match interview inside the Octagon.
“Guys, I just got poked knuckle-deep in the eyeball. Why are you booing?” Aspinall (15-3) requested. “What am I supposed to do about it? I didn’t do the poke. I can’t see.”
Gane expressed regret, and UFC honcho Dana White said he’ll e-book a rematch between the two.
Andy Aspinall offering an update on his son. @tomaspinallofficial/YouTube
“I’m feeling sorry,” Gane said, per the Associated Press. “I’m very sorry about that.”
The elder Aspinall added there’s nothing torn in his son’s eye, however the doctor said “it’s really bad.”
He added that are further assessments scheduled for later this week.
Aspinall after being poked. AFP by way of Getty Images
Aspinall exits the ring. AFP by way of Getty Images
Andy expressed his displeasure with the sport’s guidelines that his son is struggling, while the offender only had to take care of a no-contest ruling.
“The guy who fouled him, no consequence to him, and there’s a consequence to Tom, and hopefully it’ll be alright, but it might not be,” Andy said to open the video.
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