Sean O’Malley has a few words for those who believe Tom Aspinall wanted an out at UFC 321.
Aspinall and Ciryl Gane fought last Saturday with the UFC Heavyweight Championship on the line. Aspinall entered as champion and the challenger achieved some success against him. Gane took advantage of his movement and showed no fear of his opponent’s striking power.
Although the opening frame was exciting, a double eye poke from Gane to Aspinall brought an early end to the title fight. In a reaction video posted on his YouTube channelO’Malley Aspinall defended against the critics who question his toughness (via MMAfighting).
“A lot of people in the MMA world talked about how disappointing it was that Tom didn’t advance,” O’Malley said. “You’re the UFC heavyweight world champion, you just got stabbed really hard in the eye, you’re fighting a very dangerous kickboxer. It’s hard to stand in front of a human being with that high level of skill and fight him with two eyes. Now you’re going to get stabbed in the eye illegally. It wasn’t a right hand that hit, boom, his eye socket broke, the eye swells, you can’t see it. That’s different. beaten into it. the eye, a legal shot, your eye swells, you can’t see, you fight through that. Tom Aspinall would fight through that. He wouldn’t get hit, his eye swells up and says, ‘I’m done. I can’t see it.’
“It’s different because he got stabbed in the eye. That’s an illegal attack. It was an accident, 100 percent believe it was an accident. I don’t think Ciryl did it on purpose. Ciryl got the upper hand on Tom. But it’s crazy to question Tom’s toughness. No one wanted that more than Tom Aspinall. He wanted to fight. He wanted to fight more than we wanted to see him fight, so it’s hard. You can’t compare Tom’s toughness don’t question.” You just can’t do that.”
The good news for fans is that UFC CEO Dana White plans to book the rematch between Aspinall and Gane in the near future. White did admit that rebooking the fight will be a “pain in the ass.” [expletive]’, but it has to be done.
Some wonder if Gane can replicate the success he had against Aspinall before the unfortunate ending. Only time will tell if “Bon Gamin” can pick up where he left off and if that will be enough to win undisputed UFC gold.
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