Dana White shared his immediate reaction to today’s outcome between Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane during the UFC 321 post-fight press conference.
Aspinall (15-3 MMA) and Gane (13-2 MMA) faced off promotion’s undisputed heavyweight title this afternoon in Abu Dhabi. It was a highly anticipated match, but unfortunately for fight fans and everyone involved, the fight ended in disaster.
After putting in a strong opening few minutes in his third attempt to claim undisputed status, which included destroying Aspinall’s nose, ‘Bom Gamin’ accidentally hit the Brit with a double eye poke (see that here). That accidental mistake ultimately prevented Tom Aspinall from continuing, and the fight was called off and ruled a No Contest.
It was an extremely disappointing result, with some fellow fighters calling on the UFC to “make heavyweight great again” following the ruling.
During today’s post-fight press conference, UFC CEO Dana White shared his thoughts on the outcome and informed fight fans that he plans to book a rematch between Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane as soon as possible.
“I feel (the same) like everyone else feels. Great show, crappy ending. I think a lot of people wrote off Ciryl Gane after the Jones fight. But he looked damn good tonight. It looked like we were going to go a few rounds, and it was going to be a good fight. I think because of the Jon Jones fight I think everyone slept on Ciryl Gane and wrote him off a little bit.”
When asked about Tom Aspinall’s decision not to continue fighting after enduring the foul, White shared the following sentiments:
“I can’t let people fight. If I want to get into a fight, I can’t let people fight. You certainly can’t let someone continue if they feel hurt. Only Tom knows what happened. Could he see it? Could he not see it? Could he continue? Only he knows.”
As for an immediate rematch between Aspinall and Gane, that’s certainly what Dana White has planned:
“Total pain in the ass, but yeah [we will book the rematch]. They’re both in good shape, except for what’s wrong with his eye. Both boys are not injured. So as soon as possible.”
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